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Taxon:  Peltophorum africanum Sond.



Summary
Genus:
Peltophorum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Caesalpinieae
Nomen number:
27157
Place of publication:
Linnaea 23:35. 1850
Verified:
01/25/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Baryxylum africanum (Sond.) Pierre

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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Barneby, R. C. 1996. Neotropical Fabales at NY: asides and oversights. Brittonia 48:180.
  3. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis.
  4. Drummond, R. B. 1972. A list of Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 8:213.
  5. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Isely, D. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2):177.
  9. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  10. Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966-1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika.
  11. National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
  12. Palmer, E. & N. Pitman. 1972-1973. Trees of southern Africa.
  13. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: mentions
Common names
English
African-wattle –
Afrikaans
huilboom –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo s.
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo (s.)
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Materialswood Palmer, E. & N. Pitman. 1972-1973. Trees of southern Africa.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=27157. Accessed 29 May 2025.