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Taxon: Afzelia africana Sm. ex Pers.

Genus: Afzelia
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Caesalpinioideae tribe: Detarieae. Also placed in: Caesalpiniaceae
Nomen number: 1657
Place of publication: Syn. pl. 1:455. 1805
Comment: authorship verified from original literature
Name verified on: 03-Feb-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Jun-2009
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Sudan
    East Tropical Africa: Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Benin; Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo

References:

  • Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flore du Cameroun. (F Cameroun)
  • Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal)
  • Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. (L Mali)
  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. (F Togo)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Lebrun, J.-P. et al. 1972. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional. (L SChad)
  • Leonard. 1950. Reinwardtia 1:64.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. (Leg Africa)
  • National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. (Trop Leg)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948–63. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. (F CongoRB)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
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Check other databases for Afzelia africana Sm. ex Pers.:

  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?1657 (21 November 2009)

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