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Baphia capparidifolia

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Baker

Common Names

• Vahita

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Savanna
• forest
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct (Madagascar)

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Dec (Madagascar)

Tree or scandent twining shrub to 12m. Glabrous coriaceous leaves to 75mm x 25mm. Scented flowers in pubescent or tomentose axillary racemes to 90mm long, white or yellowish petals to 11mm long with yellow-orange mark at base of standard, calyx to 4mm. Pod to 90mm x 14mm.

Stems made into walking sticks

Further References

• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• FZ
• ILDIS
• JLS
• Mobot