| Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh. |
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Family : Caesalpiniaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Piliostigma |
| Basionym : Bauhinia thonningii Schumach. |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Bauhinia thonningii Schumach. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Locellaria bauhinioides Welw. |
| =Gigasiphon bauhinioides -- |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Deciduous scrambling shrub 2-6 m tall, or tree to 10-20 m; bole tortuous, 20 cm Ø, with pendant branches (crooked tree with low spreading crown); crown hemispherical to globulous. |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
In savanna regions moister than those of the preceding species; deciduous woodland; wooded grassland and wooded savanna; bushland; often in river valleys in Ethiopia; riverine forest, seasonally inundated grassland (NE Tanzania); etc... |
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Namibia, Caprivi Strip, S. Africa (Transvaal). Not in Somalia (= Bauhinia buscalionii ). |
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Has been muched confused with P. reticulatum , but distinguishable by its larger leaves and the hairyness of the lower leaf surface. [see more in the book] |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 3[2]: 31
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 3[2]: 30-32
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 102 (1985).
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 116 (1986).
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 350 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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