- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
Guibourtia Benn.
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Unarmed evergreen trees
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves with a single pair of leaflets, or rarely (not in East Africa) with a single leaflet; stipules free, usually small and caducous; leaflets opposite, asymmetric, usually with numerous pellucid gland-dots
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence paniculate; flowers sessile or pedicellate, spirally arranged along the spicate or racemose ultimate branches; bracteoles small, persistent or falling before the flowers open
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 4, imbricate (2 outer, 2 inner)
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 0
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens (8–)10(–12, fide Léonard); filaments free, glabrous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary stipitate or sessile; ovules 2–4; style elongate, ending in a capitate stigma
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods indehiscent or (not in East Africa) dehiscent along one suture, compressed, thick or thin
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds solitary, large.
[LOWO]
Legumes of the World. Edited by G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. MacKinder & M. Lock. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2005)
- Vernacular
- bubinga, akume, ovangkol, hyedua
- Habit
- Trees or shrubs
- Ecology
- Tropical lowland (sometimes swampy or seasonally inundated) rain forest, seasonally dry forest, woodland, bushland and thicket, often along rivers and on sandy soils
- Distribution
- Africa (Guinea-Congolean WC Africa [7 spp.]; dryland S tropical Zambezian [c. 3 spp.] and N tropical Sudanian [1 sp.] regions, and c. 2 spp. in Zanzibar-Inhambane E Africa), with a single neotropical species disjunct between Cuba and seasonally dry E Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia
- Note
- Moderately well supported as sister to Hymenaea by Herendeen et al. (2003a); see taxonomic notes under Hymenaea. Barneby (1996) united a number of S American species occupying discontinuous, seasonally dry distributions under the single species G. hymenaeifolia (Moric.) J.Léonard
[FZ]
Leguminosae, R.K. Brummitt, A.C. Chikuni, J.M. Lock & R.M. Polhill. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. 2007
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees or shrubs, evergreen, unarmed.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves unijugate, elsewhere sometimes unifoliolate and in G. conjugata leaflets occasionally fused; leaflets with a main nerve and sometimes several secondary lateral nerves from the base, often with pellucid gland dots; petiolule ± twisted (the distal margin of the leaflet arising higher and in a different plane); stipules small, falling very early.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence paniculate, of groups of spikes.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers spirally arranged on the inflorescence axis; bracts small, caducous or subpersistent; bracteoles 2, small, caducous or subpersistent, not enclosing the bud.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium
- Hypanthium absent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx lobes 4, unequal (2 outer, 2 inner), imbricate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals absent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens usually 10; filaments alternately long and short in the bud; anthers dorsifixed, dehiscing by longitudinal slits.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary stipitate or sessile; ovules usually 2; style elongate, filiform; stigma terminal, capitate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods suborbicular or obliquely elliptic, either coriaceous and tardily dehiscent, or chartaceous and indehiscent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 1(2) without an areole, with a fleshy aril enveloping the seed, or without.
[LOWO]
- Use
- Various species used for timber ( bubinga, akume, ovangkol, hyedua ), e.g., in high quality furniture, cabinet work, joinery, panelling, veneers, heavy carpentry, implement handles, boat masts, for firewood and charcoal; gum-copal (for incense, coating pills, varnishes, illuminants and mosquito repellents), medicine, fish poisons and (in at least one species) edible seeds
Native to:
Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Congo, Cuba, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Paraguay, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Guibourtia arnoldiana (De Wild. & T.Durand) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia carrissoana (M.A.Exell) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia chodatiana (Hassl.) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia coleosperma (Benth.) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia conjugata (Bolle) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia copallifera Benn.
- Guibourtia demeusei (Harms) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia dinklagei (Harms) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia ehie (A.Chev.) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia hymenaeifolia (Moric.) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia leonensis J.Léonard
- Guibourtia pellegriniana J.Léonard
- Guibourtia schliebenii (Harms) J.Léonard
- Guibourtia sousae J.Léonard
- Guibourtia tessmannii (Harms) J.Léonard
Guibourtia Benn. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2003 | Pollard, B.J. [104], Cameroon | K000460234 | No | ||
| Onochie, C.F.A. [30898], Cameroon | K000092768 | No | |||
| Onochie, C.F.A. [30898], Cameroon | K000092769 | No |
First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 149 (1857)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 19: 391–406 (1949)
- Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 20: 269–284 (1950).
- in J. Linn. Soc. 1: 149 (1857)
Flora Zambesiaca
- Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 19: 400–406 (1949), in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 20: 269–284 (1950).
- in J. Linn. Soc. 1: 290 (1857).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- J. Léon. in B.J.B.B. 19: 400 (1949)
- J. Léon., Étude Botanique des Copaliers du Congo Belge (Publ. I.N.E.A.C., Ser. Scient. 45): 67 (1950)
- in J.L.S. 1: 149 (1857)
- in Mém. 8°, Classe Sci., Acad. Roy. Belg. 30(2): 137 (1957)
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