Baphia cymosa

Baphia cymosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Baphia
Species:
B. cymosa
Binomial name
Baphia cymosa
Breteler

Baphia cymosa is a plant species native to Gabon in central Africa. The plant grows there in tropical rainforest.[1]

Baphia cymosa is a small tree up to 4 m tall. Leaves are simple, broadly elliptical, tapering at the tip, glabrous on the upper side but with a few light hairs on the underside. Flowers are white, borne in small groups.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Breteler, Franciscus ("Frans") Joseph (Jozef). 1994. Novitates Gabonenses 21: a new species of Bahia (Leguminsae: Papilionoideae) from Gabon. Novon 4:83-85.
  2. ^ "photo of isotype of Baphia cymosa at Missouri Botanical Garden". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-16.


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