Baphia cymosa

Baphia cymosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Papilionoideae
Genus: Baphia
Species: B. cymosa
Binomial name
Baphia cymosa
Breteler

Baphia cymosa is a plant species native to the République du Gabon in central Africa. The plant grows there in tropical rainforest. [1]

Baphia cymosa is a small tree up to 4 m tall. Leaves are simple, broadly elliptical, tapering at the tip, glabrous on the upper side but with a few light hairs on the underside. Flowers are white, borne in small groups.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Breteler, Franciscus ("Frans") Joseph (Jozef). 1994. Novitates Gabonenses 21: a new species of Bahia (Leguminsae: Papilionoideae) from Gabon. Novon 4:83-85.
  2. ↑ photo of isotype of Baphia cymosa at Missouri Botanical Garden
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