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Baphia punctulata

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Name

Identification
Baphia punctulata Soladoye [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Baphia punctulata Soladoye [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Soladoye,M.O. , 1981,
Related name
  • Baphia descampsii
  • Baphia punctulata
  • `punctulata

Flora

Entry for BAPHIA punctulata Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
BAPHIA punctulata Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in E.J. 40: 32 (1907); Lester-Garland in J.L.S. 45: 236 (1921); De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 3: 299 (1925); L.T.A.: 578 (1929); T.T.C.L.: 409 (1949); Brummitt in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 39: 184 (1965) & in K.B. 22: 531 (1968). Type: Tanganyika, Lake Tandangongoro, Busse 2486 (BM, EA, iso.!)
Information
Small tree ± 5m. high (fide Harms). Young stems shortly brown pubescent. Leaves: petiole 6–9 mm., the interpulvinary part distinct and shorter than or equalling the pulvini; lamina elliptic- to obovate-acuminate, 3–7.5 cm. long, 1.5–3 cm. wide, rounded and ± asymmetrical at the base, coriaceous; lower surface glabrous, or pubescent when very young and soon glabrescent, upper surface glabrous. Flowers in few-flowered fascicles or solitary in the leaf-axils; pedicels 10–12 mm., somewhat thickened in the upper part, densely brown pubescent; bracteoles reniform to semicircular, ± 0.5–1.5 mm., inserted immediately beneath the calyx. Calyx 7–8 mm. long, shortly appressed pubescent with brown hairs, or glabrous. Petals white with yellow blotch, 8–9 mm. long. Stamen-filaments glabrous; anthers ± 1.4 mm. long. Ovary glabrous, or with hairs ± restricted to the margins. Pod not known.
Range
DISTR. T8 NE. Mozambique
Altitude range
up to 250 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Lindi District Lake Tandangongoro, 13 May 1903, Busse 2486 ! & Ruaha-Mtua, 10 June 1906, Braun in Herb. Amani 1199 !

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