Baphiopsis parviflora
Fabaceae FAMILY

Baphiopsis parviflora

Baphiopsis parviflora

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Baphiopsis parviflora is a shrub or tree growing from 2.5 - 15 metres tall. The plant is often leaning, sprawling or even horizontal[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The tree is too small and poorly shaped to be of any commercial importance for its timber, but it is harvested from the wild for local use[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental and to provide shade[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon to Uganda, south to Gabon, DR Congo and Burundi.
HabitatUnderstorey of swamp and rain forests; coastal thickets on sand; at elevations up to 1,310 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].