Fabaceae

Amphimas Pierre ex Harms

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 3: 157 (1906)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa.

Descriptions

Legumes of the World. Edited by G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. MacKinder & M. Lock. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2005)

Habit
Trees
Ecology
Dense tropical lowland rain forest and seasonally dry forest and bushland
Distribution
WC Africa
Note
Placed by Polhill (1994) with Riedeliella, Inocarpus and Etaballia, these three now in the Dalbergieae sens. lat., and on the basis of floral morphology Amphimas does appear to group with these, however molecular evidence is lacking and the relationships of this genus are still to be resolved. Evidence from wood anatomy (Baretta-Kuipers, 1981: 686), chemistry and leaf morphology (Polhill, 1981b: 217) indicate an affinity to Myrocarpus (Sophoreae) and Mildbraediodendron and Cordyla (Swartzieae)
[LOWO]

Uses

Use
Amphimas pterocarpoides Harms (bokanga, lati, yaya) is used as medicine (the bark contains a red sticky resin); toxic alkaloids are also present; the timber is used in construction, planking, joinery and veneers
[LOWO]

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0