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Baphia pilosa

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Baillon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Rwanda
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• riverside
• marshland
• periodically inundated forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Liana to 15m with hairy or glabrate branches. Leaves to 150mm x 75mm becoming glabrate. Few-flowered axillary racemes with hairy bracteoles, white scented flowers with yellow spot on banner.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• FOTA
• Botanicus
• CJB
• FAC
• Mobot