African Plant Database


Craibia affinis (De Wild.) De Wild.
Family : FABACEAE
Information on the genus : Craibia
Basionym : Lonchocarpus affinis De Wild.
 
 
Status
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Lonchocarpus affinis De Wild. (1904)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Lonchocarpus dubius De Wild. (1904)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Tree or shrub to 15 m; trunk 30 cm ø; or shrub; crown spherical; bark pale grey, thin, smooth; branches drooping; twigs glabrous or very sparsely dark brown pilose, finely striate, 3-4 mm ø, slightly swollen under the nodes.
Ecology : Edges of gallery forest; evergreen thickets; forests; sometimes common; 450-1500 m alt.
  Intermediates with C. brevicaudata subsp. baptistarum exist.
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
 
Map
carte afrique num 69494
 
Record n°69494
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