- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Baikiaea Benth.
Baikiaea plurijuga Harms

[FZ]
Leguminosae, R.K. Brummitt, A.C. Chikuni, J.M. Lock and R.M. Polhill. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. 2007
- Morphology General Habit
- Round-topped tree usually 10–17 m high, occasionally reaching 25 m; young bark smooth and grey but becoming rough and fissured when old; deciduous.
- Morphology Branches
- Young branches pubescent to tomentose with appressed or ascending rusty-brown hairs, but quickly glabrescent to leave a smooth grey bark.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves paripinnate: stipules 5–9 × 1–3 mm, obliquely linear-triangular, pubescent to tomentose, caducous; petiole and rachis together (4)6–11(13) cm long, of which the petiole is (0.8)1.5–2.5(3) cm, pubescent to tomentose with rusty brown hairs; petiolules 1–3 mm long; leaflets in (3)4–5(very rarely 6) pairs, strictly opposite or rarely with up to 1 mm separating members of a pair, each (3)4–7(9) × (1)1.5–2.5(4) cm, variable in shape from lanceolate (or smaller basal leaflets even ovate) to elliptic or elliptic-oblong or occasionally (particularly uppermost leaflets) oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base (sometimes slightly asymmetric) or the uppermost pair markedly asymmetric with rounded proximal side and cuneate distal side, usually rounded at the apex (sometimes broadly so) and either apiculate or distinctly emarginate, but occasionally acute, pubescent with brownish hairs on both surfaces when young but quickly glabrescent except on the midrib beneath, sometimes with conspicuous pellucid gland-dots or dashes between the tertiary veins, often with swellings (?domatia) on the leaflet margin almost at the base on the proximal side and a few mm above the base on the distal side; lateral nerves extending to the marginal nerve.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes 4–35 cm long, ± erect, brown-pubescent to -tomentose, with up to 40 flowers regularly alternately arranged on opposite sides, the rachis consequently somewhat zigzag, most flowers (except usually one or two which produce fruit) falling with pedicel to leave a prominent ledge (bract scar) at each node of the otherwise denuded rachis; bracts c.4 × 5 mm, ovate to semicircular, caducous; pedicels c.9–13 mm, with prominent bracteole scars c.1–3 mm. from the base; bracteoles 4–5 × 3–5 mm, broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, usually rounded at apex, quickly caducous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 13–20 mm long, divided to the base into 4 lobes of which the upper (adaxial) is 7–10 mm broad, the lateral one 4–7 mm broad, and the lower (abaxial) one 3–5 mm broad and slightly the longest through curvature, all brown-pubescent to -tomentose outside except on the overlapped margins 0.5 mm broad, and pale brown-tomentose inside.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, 2.3–3.0(3.5) cm long, obovate-spathulate, pale mauve to bluish-purple, undulate at lower margins, villous towards midrib especially near base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 10, about equalling the petals, one free, nine lightly fused towards the base, the lower part villous and the free part glabrous; anthers (3.5)4–5 mm long, versatile.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 12–15 × 4–5 mm, obliquely oblanceolate, brown-tomentose; style slightly exceeding petals and stamens; stigma capitate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods 8–14 × 3.5–4.7(5) cm, oblanceolate with oblique apex, woody, brown-tomentose, dehiscing into two spirally twisted valves.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds dark reddish brown, 2–2.5 × 1.5–1.8 × 3 mm, elliptic-orbicular, compressed.
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Zambezian forest
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
- Vernacular
- Rhodesian Teak, Zambezi Redwood
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- English
- Zambezi teak
Baikiaea plurijuga Harms appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Dec 19, 1938 | Baum, H. [428], Angola | K000417889 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Dec 17, 1938 | Gossweiler, Johannes [2657], Angola | K001091915 | No | ||
Rushworth, J.E. [245], Zimbabwe | K000282596 | No | |||
Grosvenor, R.K. [727], Zimbabwe | K000282597 | No | |||
Menezes, A. [3608], Angola | K000282598 | No | |||
Long, D.G. [652], Botswana | K000282600 | No | |||
Smith, P.A. [2284], Botswana | K000282601 | No | |||
Evans, J. [359], Botswana | K000282602 | Yes | |||
Smith, P.A. [2064], Botswana | K000282603 | No | |||
Robertson [63], Botswana | K000282605 | No | |||
Edwards, D. [04448], Namibia | K000282608 | No | |||
Edwards, D. [04443], Namibia | K000282609 | No | |||
Miller, O.B. [s.n.], Botswana | K000282606 | No | |||
Hisumpa, S.M.C. [SMC9], Zambia | K000282594 | No | |||
Yalala, A.M. [222], Botswana | K000282604 | No | |||
Gossweiler, Johannes [10881], Angola | K001091918 | No | |||
Borges, A. [330], Angola | K000282599 | No | |||
Brummitt, R.K. [14267], Zambia | K000282595 | Yes | |||
Winter, B. de [4191], Namibia | K000282607 | No |
First published in O.Warburg (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 248 (1903)
Accepted by
- Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). 61. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Flora Zambesiaca 3(2): 1-218. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). 61. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Flora Zambesiaca 3(2): 1-218. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Ross, J. H. (1982). Caesalpinoideae. In: Flora Southern Africa 16, pt. 1. Ross. J. H.
- Watt, J. M. & Breyer-Brandwijk, M (1962). Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa
- White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.
- White, F. (1983). The Vegetation of Africa
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