Brachystegia bakeriana Hutch. & Burtt Davy

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Insufficiently known

Ecology

Africa: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian bushland and thicket

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/35367/146816653

Conservation

LC - least concern

Leguminosae, R.K. Brummitt, A.C. Chikuni, J.M. Lock and R.M. Polhill. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. 2007

Morphology General Habit

Shrub to 6(10) m tall, branching low down or at ground level; bark smooth, non-scaly, reticulately fissured at the base, greyish white.

Morphology Branches

Young branchlets glabrous, or pubescent with brown hairs.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 1.5–4(7) cm long; petioles 3–8(10) mm long; rachis deeply canaliculate above with raised and winged margins, glabrous or pubescent; leaflets in 2–4(6) contiguous or overlapping pairs, increasing is size distally; proximal leaflet pairs 1–4 × 0.8–2 cm, the rest 2–6 × 1–2.5 cm, oblong, elliptic, oval or obovate, rounded, obliquely retuse or emarginate at the apex, obliquely cuneate, rounded or cuneate at the base, midvein central or subcentral, with 3–4 veins diverging from the proximal leaflet base.

Morphology Leaves Stipules

Stipules early-caducous, up to 15 × 2 mm, shortly connate at the base, erect, filiform, linear or lanceolate; auricles reniform to semi-circular, caducous independently of the stipules.

Morphology General Buds

Dormant axillary buds globose or ovoid.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary racemes, up to 5 cm long, pubescent with dark or brown hairs; bracts 2–3 × 1.5–2 mm, caducous, ovate to oblong, acute at the apex.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers up to 9 × 5 mm; pedicels 2–4 mm long; bracteoles 5–10 × 3–5 mm, obovate or orbicular.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Sepals 0–4, 0.5–3 × 0.5–1.5 mm, linear, linear-lanceolate or rudimentary, ciliate on the margins.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals absent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 10, united to 6 mm at the base; filaments 7–15 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary

Ovary 2–5 × 1–2 mm, up to 7-ovulate, densely pubescent, stipe to 3 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods yellowish brown or light brown, 5–9 × 2–3 cm, oblong to obovate, with spreading ventral flanges.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds up to 4, 12–20 × 10–15 mm, oblong to ovoid.