Baikiaea insignis

Baikiaea insignis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Baikiaea
Species:	B. insignis
Binomial name
	Baikiaea insignis; Bentham

Baikiaea insignis, commonly known as Nkobakoba or Nkoba, is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found in the wetlands of the Bukoba district of Tanzania and the South Buddu forests of Uganda.^[1]

Gallery

Lithograph of B. insignis by J.N. Fitch in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 145 of 1919.
Illustration from book "Natürliche Pflanzenfamilien. Vol. III, 3." (1891) by Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert (1862-1897).

References

↑ : Chudnoff, Martin. "Baikiaea insignis subsp. minor (Family: Leguminosae) Nkobakoba" (PDF). Technology Transfer Factsheets - Centre for Wood Anatomy Research. USDA Forest Service. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

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[1] : Chudnoff, Martin. "Baikiaea insignis subsp. minor (Family: Leguminosae) Nkobakoba" (PDF). Technology Transfer Factsheets - Centre for Wood Anatomy Research. USDA Forest Service. Retrieved 28 April 2013.