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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Ekaba, Ekop, Ekop Ribi, Ribi
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
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 223 meters (0 to 732 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Fabanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Fabaceae
()
- Lindley, 1836
- Bean Family
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
()
- Tribe:
Detarieae
()
- Genus:
Tetraberlinia
()
- Specific epithet:
bifoliolata
- (Harms)Hauman
- Botanical name: - Tetraberlinia bifoliolata (Harms)Hauman
- Specific epithet:
bifoliolata
- (Harms)Hauman
- Genus:
Tetraberlinia
(
- Tribe:
Detarieae
(
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
(
- Family:
Fabaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Berlinia bifoliolata Harms • Julbernardia bifoliolata (Harms)troupin • Westia bifoliolata (Harms) J. F. Macbr. • Westia bifoliolata (Harms)j. F. Macbr.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tetraberlinia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
T. bifoliolata (Ekaba) · T. moreliana (Beniamam) · T. polyphylla (Andoung) · T. tubmaniana (African Pine)
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Further Reading
- Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. (Leg Africa)
- von Willdenow, C.L. 1809 Enum.Pl.Horti Berol.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2836031
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-1051
- GRIN Nomen Number: 436795
- MoBot NameID: 13052160
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 399397
Footnotes
- Mean = 2.800 meters (9.186 feet), Standard Deviation = 262.130 based on 10 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
