Afzelia africana

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

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Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 801 meters (0 to 2,628 feet).[1]

Ecology: Dry forest and woodland.

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Pahudia africana (Pers.)prain

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –.

Place of publication : Syn. pl. 1:455. 1805

Name verified on 03-Feb-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Afzelia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 54 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. africana (African Mahogany) · A. attenuata · A. australis · A. bella (Pretty Afzelia) · A. bequaertii · A. bijuga · A. bipindensis (Doussie Rouge) · A. bipinnatisecta · A. bracteata (Afzelia) · A. brieyi · A. cambodensis · A. cambodiensis · A. cassioides · A. bipindensis · A. chihuahuana · A. coahuilana · A. coriacea · A. cuanzensis · A. decurva · A. deflexa · A. discolor · A. glandulosa · A. grandis · A. havardii · A. integrifolia · A. javanica · A. laciniata · A. latiflora · A. laxa · A. macrophylla · A. madagascariensis · A. madrensis · A. martabanica · A. microcarpa · A. pachyloba (Doussie Blanc) · A. palembanica · A. parviflora · A. pectinata · A. pectinata var. peninsularis · A. petersiana · A. peturei · A. quanzensis (Rhodesian Mahogany) · A. ramosissima · A. retusa · A. rhomboidea · A. scabra · A. sinaloana · A. stricta · A. tashiroi · A. tenuisecta · A. texana · A. virgata · A. xylocarpa · A. zenkeri

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Further Reading

• Annales du Muse colonial de Marseille. Marseille: Muse colonial, 1907-1954. FRE url p. 38.
• Annuaire du Conservatoire et du jardin botaniques de Genve. Genve: Georg & Cie, 1897-1919/1922. FRE url p. 89.
• 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)
• Bulletin de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique. [Bruxelles]: La Société, [1866]-1989. FRE url p. 53.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 207.
• Der Tropenpflanzer; zeitschrift fr tropische landwirtschaft. Berlin. GER url p. 165.
• Die Rohstoffe des Pflanzenreichs: versuch einer Technischen Rohstofflehre des Pflanzenreiches / Unter Mitwirkung von Max Bemberger, von Julius von Wiesner. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1914. GER url p. 831.
• Erfurth, T. and Rusche, H. 1976. The marketing of tropical wood. FAO, Rome.
• Fontès, J. and Guinko, S. 1995. Carte de la Végétation et de l'occupation du sol du Burkina Faso. UniversitéPaul Sabatier, Toulouse.
• Fontès, J. and Guinko, S. 1995. Carte de la Végétation et de l'occupation du sol du Burkina Faso. Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse.
• Gartenflora. Erlangen: F. Enke, 1852-1940. GER url p. 20.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 1245.
• Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung. Hamburg: R. Kittler, 1852-1890. GER url p. 217.
• Hardwood record. Chicago: Hardwood Co., 1902-1939. ENG url p. 31.
• Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. and Hepper, F.N. 1927. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Published by the English Ministry of State for the Colonies.
• Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. ENG url p. 22.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 1048, p. 1064, p. 1315, p. 1316, p. 395, p. 419, p. 440, p. 69, p. 701, p. 750, p. 899, p. 913, p. 936.
• Katende, A.B. 1995. Annotations to: WCMC printout of Trees of Uganda dated 23 Nov. 1995.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
• Knox, Eric B. 1995. The List of East African Plants (LEAP): An electronic database (Draft).
• L'Agriculture pratique des pays chauds. Paris: Augustin Challamel, [1901-1932] FRE url p. 285, p. 629.
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• Synopsis plantarum; seu, Enumeratio systematica plantarum plerumque adhuc cognitarum cum differentiis specificis et synonymis selectis ad modum Persoonii elaborata, auctore David Dietrich. Vimariae, B. F. Voigtii, 1839-1852. LAT url p. 1496.
• The Victorian naturalist. Melbourne: Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, ENG url p. 21.
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• Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Befrderung des Gartenbaues in den Kniglich Preussischen Staaten. Berlin, Auf Kosten des Vereins, 1824-1860. GER url p. 64.

Notes

Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876859
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-489
• GRIN Nomen Number: 1657
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506236
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 473043-1
• IUCN ID: 33032
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AFAF
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14701

Footnotes

1. Mean = 313.380 meters (1,028.150 feet), Standard Deviation = 333.840 based on 13 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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