Dalbergia saxatilisHook.f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Dalbergia isangiensis
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Dalbergia melanoxylon
Dalbergia saxatilis
Common name
si mbah (JB) (SENEGAL, BANYUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
(Guinea-Bissau) sáfiré ( (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
econtontom (JDES; D’Orey & Liberato) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BIDYOGO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
ba kabé (JB) (SENEGAL, MANKANYA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
navdé (JB) (SENEGAL, FULA-TUKULOR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
(The Gambia) sinjang (DRR) (THE GAMBIA, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
a moka (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for DALBERGIA saxatilis Hook. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
DALBERGIA saxatilisHook. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Nigr. 314.
Information
A wide-climbing shrub many feet long, with dull grey glabrous branches. Stipules deciduous. Petioles 9–18 lines long; leaflets 9–11, on a rachis 3–5 in. long, oblong or obovate-oblong, subcoriaceous, glabrous, blunt or often retuse, rounded at the base, the veins beneath slightly raised; the upper 1 1/2–2 in. long. Flowers in copious subcorymbose axillary and terminal panicles, the former much shorter than the leaves. Pedicels 1/2–1 line long, subglabrous. Calyx 1/8 in. deep, subglabrous, the oblong-deltoid teeth reaching nearly halfway down. Corolla whitish or rose-coloured, twice the calyx. Pod 3–4 in. long, 12–15 lines broad, quite smooth, pedicellate.