baphia การใช้
- "Baphia cymosa " is a small tree up to 4 m tall.
- The trees are Eugenia popilosa, Baphia nitida, Hopea odorata, Alstonia angustifolia, Ficus nitida and shrubs Acalypha wilkesiana and Eiagesfromia indica.
- The genus is restricted to the African tropics . " Baphia " was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae; however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned " Baphia " to the Baphieae tribe.
- The genus is restricted to the African tropics . " Baphia " was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae; however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned " Baphia " to the Baphieae tribe.
- The dense forests of West Africa contain, in addition to a great variety of hardwoods, two palms, " Elaeis guineensis " ( oil palm ) and " Raphia vinifera " ( bamboo palm ), not found, generally speaking, in the savanna regions . " Bombax " or silk-cotton trees attain gigantic proportions in the forests, which are the home of the India rubber-producing plants and of many valuable kinds of timber trees, such as odum ( " Chlorophora excelsa " ), ebony, mahogany ( " Khaya senegalensis " ), Oldfieldia ( " Oldfieldia africana " ) and camwood ( " Baphia nitida " ).