Fabaceae
Afzelia

Afzelia bipindensis Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 426 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ivory Coast to SW. Uganda and Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • For.Trees & Timbers Brit. Emp. 2: 21, fig. 3
  • Kennedy For. Fl. S. Nig. 101
  • Léonard in Fl. Congo Belge 3: 355, t. 26, fig. 27 D.
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 49: 426 (1913)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 700 (1930).
  • Chalk, Burtt Davy & Desch, Some E. Afr. Conif. and Legum. (For. Trees & Timb. Brit. Emp. 1): 28, 33 (1932).
  • Chalk, Burtt Davy, Desch & Hoyle, Twenty W. Afr. Timber Trees (For. Trees & Timb. Brit. Emp. 2): 21, fig. 3 & photos. (1933).
  • Harms in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 49: 426 (1913).
  • J. Léon. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 3: 355, t. 26, fig. 27/D (1952).
  • J. Léon. in Reinwardtia 1: 65 (1950)
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 459 (1958).
  • Torre & Hillcoat in Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 216 (1956).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Aubreville, A. (1965). 9. Caesalpinoideae. In: Flora du Cameroun. Aubreville & Leroy
  • Brenan, J. P. M. (1967). Caesalp. In: Flora Trop. East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Dalziel, J. M. (1937). The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
  • White, F. (1983). The Vegetation of Africa

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Fraser, P. [1035] Cameroon K001401787 Yes
Mildbraed [9397] Cameroon K000417737 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8889] Nigeria K:SPC-15666.000 No
Zenker, G.A. [3738] Cameroon K000417736 Type Yes
Nov 28, 1932 Mac Gregor, W.D. [540] Nigeria Afzelia caudata K000417739 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images