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Piptadeniastrum africanum (Hook.f.) Brenan
Nomenclature
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Family: FabaceaeGenus: Piptadeniastrum
SUMMARY
Tree up to 50 m high, with buttressed base and smooth, usually grey bark. Young branchlets shortly and ± densely rusty pubescent, then glabrescent. Pinnae 10–19 pairs. Leaflets 30–58 pairs, linear, ± falcate, 3–8.5 mm long, 0.8–1.25 mm wide. Flowers yellowish-white, in spiciform racemes 4–11 cm long. Pod 17–36 cm long, 2–3.2 cm wide. Seeds (3–)5.3–9.5 cm long, 1.8–2.5 cm wide.