Botanical description ³

Bole: Straight. Large. To 30 m. Bark: Brown/red. Scaling. Rough. Slash: Brown/pink with orange flecks/pink streaks. Granular. Leaf: Bipinnate. 2 - 4 pairs of pinnae. 7 - 14 leaflets per pinna. Alternate. Lflts: Pinnae opposite. Leaflets alternate. Petiole: With rachis: 11 - 35 cm. Lamina: Small/medium. 3 - 9 × 1 - 5 cm. Ovate/elliptic. Cuneate. Asymmetrical. Acuminate. Entire. Glabrous/pubescent on midrib beneath. Domatia: Absent. Glands: Absent. Stipules: Small. Falling. Thorns & Spines: Absent. Flower: Yellow-white/green-yellow. Spike-like racemes. Fruit: Slightly curved pod. 8 - 17 × 3 - 5.3 cm.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Scamperdale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/36517976@N06/7836468564/
2. (c) Scamperdale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/36517976@N06/7836463082/
3. (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/23284791

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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