Baphia nitida Lodd.

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Baphia nitida Lodd.

  • Collector(s)

    S. Kisseadoo 81, 13 Nov 1988

  • Location

    Ghana. Ashanti. Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4801557

    Occurrence ID: 611eb061-674e-4a71-a7b8-ff818142e159

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Baphia nitida Lodd.

  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Ghana

  • State/Province

    Ashanti

  • Locality

    Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Coordinates

    6.63, -1.28

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
No. 81	FABACEAE
Baphia nitida
GHANA. Ashanti: Sekyere. Bobiri Forest
Reserve. 6°38’N, 1°17’W. Moist
semi-deciduous forest with many lianas.
Humus of topsoil up to 20cm deep. Avg.of
1500mm/y rain.
Small tree or shrub, 10m tall. Round,
crooked bole; hard wood. Bark fibrous,
smooth, gray-brown. Slash orange; strong,
pleasant odor. Leaves simple, elliptic, apex
acuminate, base obtuse, margin entire; few
brown hairs on blade and young twigs.
Planted as dye-wood ("camwood").
S. Kisseadoo	13	Nov	1988
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation	~
04801557