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Ormosia laxiflora

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Identification
Pericopsis laxiflora (Benth. ex Baker) Meeuwen [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Afrormosia laxiflora (Benth. ex Baker) Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Ormosia laxiflora Benth. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Afrormosia laxiflora
  • Ormosia laxiflora
  • Pericopsis laxiflora

Flora

Entry for Afrorm0sia laxiflora (Benth. ex Bak.) Harms [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Afrorm0sia laxiflora (Benth. ex Bak.) Harms [family ], in Notizbl. 21, 2: 64 & fig. (1911); Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 527, t. 278; Chev. Bot. 218; Bak. f. l.c. 2: 600; Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 306, t. 62, 1–3.
Ormosia laxiflora Benth. ex Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in F.T.A2: 255 (1871); ChevBot218.
Information
A tree 30–40 ft. high, with usually tortuous trunk and red- or yellow-blotched bark, grey-pubescent pendulous branchlets and greenish-white or cream flowers;chiefly in savannah, often on rocky ground, sometimes in fringing forest.
Habitat
chiefly in savannah, often on rocky ground, sometimes in fringing forest
Distribution
Sen. Berhaut 913. Bignona Serv. For. 51.Fr. Sud. Yatenga Chev. 24786!Fr. G. Kouroussa Pobéguin 663! Dentilla, 3,600 ft. (fr. Mar.) Sc. Elliot 5302!S. L. Erimakuna (Mar.) Sc. Elliot 5246! Musaia (fr. Mar.) Deighton 5484! 5751!Iv. C. Fétékro, Korhogo, Ferkéssédougou fide Aubrév. l.c.G. C. Ejura (fr.Togo Sokode (Feb.) Kersting 324!Dah. Savé (May) Chev. 23565!N. Nig. Nupe Barter 1622!S. Nig. Aroko (fr. Oct.) Unwin 149!Br. Cam. Cameroon R. (Jan.) Mann 2203!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Ubangi-Shari
A.–E. Sudan

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