- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Griffonia Baill.
Griffonia simplicifolia (Vahl ex DC.) Baill.
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Guineo-Congolian forest., Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; bushland and thicket., Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest.
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Shrub
[FWTA]
Caesalpiniaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958
- Morphology General Habit
- A hard-wooded shrub, usually climbing
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Greenish flowers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Inflated black pods.
Native to:
Benin, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo
Griffonia simplicifolia (Vahl ex DC.) Baill. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Dec 1, 2003 | Onana, J.-M. [973], Cameroon | K000108161 | No | ||
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI. 402685], Nigeria | 26332.001 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [5107], Ghana | Bandeiraea simplicifolia | 11437.000 | No |
First published in Adansonia 6: 197 (1866)
Accepted by
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
- 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.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- in Adansonia 6: 197 (1866).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- 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.
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Dalziel, J. M. (1937). The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
- Hall, J. B. & Swaine, M. D. (1981). Forest Vegetation in Ghana.
- Keay, R. W. J. (1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ed. 2;Vol. 1, part 2
- White, F. (1983). The Vegetation of Africa
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