Baphia bequaertii
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Bark
Miombo and chipya woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaves
Miombo and chipya woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo and chipya woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo and chipya woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Pods (immature)
Miombo and chipya woodland
Solwezi Council Cemetary, Solwezi Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Baphia ringoetii De Wild. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree up to 10 m high; young branches, petioles and surfaces of young leaves, stipules, pedicels, bracteoles and calyces covered with dense brown tomentum, upper surface of leaves soon glabrescent; leaflet up to 15(17.5) × 12(15.5) cm, broadly elliptic to suborbicular, rounded to slightly cordate at the base, obtuse to rounded or emarginate at the apex; petiole up to 10(12.5) cm long; flowers in fairly dense axillary fascicles; pedicels 20–40 mm long; calyx 10–18 mm long, spathaceous, usually falling before the petals; petals white with yellow markings at the base of the standard; standard 16–21 mm long; wings slightly shorter; keel petals about as long as the standard; pod up to 18 × 3.5 cm, brown-tomentose. |
| Type location: |
DRC (Katanga) |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | bequaertii: after Joseph Charles Corneille Bequaert, a Belgian-American botanist, entomologist and malacologist who collected the type specimen |
| Habitat: | Miombo and chipya woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 - 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC (Katanga), Angola and Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N,C,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 1 December 2022 |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 43 - 45. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Baphia bequaertiiAfrican Plant Database: Baphia bequaertii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Baphia bequaertii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Baphia bequaertii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Baphia bequaertii
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