The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate. The Apex is rounded or notched and the Base is asymmetric (photo 177). Sudan, Nigeria, The Here the leaves may be stripped by the larvae. africana – from Africa. Conservation: National Status: L C. (Least Concern). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. (Caesalpiniaceae) par les populations d'éléphants (Loxodonta africana Blumenbach) dans le ranch de gibier de Nazinga (Burkina Faso). MIPRO, H. & al. Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2005. Eggeling, W. J. They may appear before or with the new leaves. Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. 20/A (1962). Leaves Decoction 4 0.05 29. Aubrév. Habit and leaf form. Leaflets are usually entire. Blumea perrottetiana D.C(syn Blumea axilliaris(Lam). They are boiled and lightly roasted and may also be dried and stored. The bark is toxic, rich in alkaloids and tannins and used for tanning leather. The central axis or rachis has lateral “branches” not leaflets and the leaflets are on these side pinnae “branches” – photo 175). Ross, J. H. (1982). long; pinnae (1–)2–5(–7) pairs, (3.5–)6–20(–28) cm. Burkea Benth.. Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress. : 1-525. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville. The superior Ovary has one locule that may contain 1 or more ovules. Jacana, Johannesburg. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. The bark has been used in medicine to treat colds, coughs, and constipation, gonorrhoea and syphilis (van Wyk and Gericke, 2007). Twigs show antimicrobial activity against a wide variety of bacteria and fungi – supporting the use as a chewing-stick for dental care. The ethnopharmacology, chemistry and pharmacology of four Malian medicinal plants, Biophytum umbraculum, Burkea africana, Lannea velutina and Terminalia macroptera are reviewed. Glands are lacking. Balkema, Amsterdam, Cape Town. Required fields are marked *. (eds.) Flowers are creamy white, fragrant and in pendulous racemes of up to 300 mm in length. Individual flowers are zygomorphic (irregular flower: when corolla is divisible into 2 equal halves in one plane only). Assessed: 2005 (W. Foden and L. Potter). Other Names: Mucarala, mgando, maccarati, siri. Tenth Printing 1965. Monkeys consume the Flowers. Boulvert, Y. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Origin: Southern Africa. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Fl. Indigenous – Originates in South Africa. Each leaf is 100-350 mm long, with 2-4 pairs of pinnae and 5-18 leaflets per pinna. These caterpillars also provide food for the local people. A fire during this time may destroy flowers ( Büschel 1999) and the subsequent fruit crop, and / or damage early leaves, reducing the plants vigor. (2015). You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. long; leaflets 6–15, elliptic or sometimes ovate-elliptic or ± obovate, mostly 1.5–7.5 cm. Oct 22, 2015 - Burkea Africana Wild/Red Syringa Wild/Rooisering 8-10 m (12 m) S A no 197 Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. Phyllotaxy spiral. Palmer, E. & Pitman, N. 1972. Struik, Cape Town. wide, obtuse or rounded and somewhat emarginate at apex, ± asymmetric at base, appressed-puberulous on both sides (or rarely pubescent–see note below); petiolule 2–5 mm. Leaves. Lawrence, G. H. M, 1951. Leaves are crowded at the ends of branch- lets; bipinnate, with two pairs of pinnae and 5 - 9 alternate leaflets per pinna. Flora of Tropical East Africa Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The Tree: The tree grows to a height of 50-70 ft (15.2-21.3m), with a diameter of 12-24 in. Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, International Legume Database and Information Service Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. Flowers: September October November Creamy white flower followed by tussles. Regular flowers usually have 4-5 sepals and the same number of petals. 1. W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. Trees, or shrubs (with thick branchlets); leaves and inflorescences crowded on ‘short shoots’; unarmed. & Schmidt, E. 2018. F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 118, fig. Tanzania, Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. Flowers are bisexual and bracteate. However, extracts from Accessed on 2020/11/24. Leaves are pinnately compound, silvery-pubescent or glabrescent. Each pod usually holds one compressed Seed (photo 679). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It … & Polhill, R.M. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). long. Cameroon, World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. Flora Zambesiaca Name derivation: Burkea – named after Joseph Burke (1812-1873) a widely travelled plant collector and hunter in the RSA from 1840-1842. Twigs with brown-hairy apex. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone Leaflets are oval and silvery when they are … 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Publishing Print Matters (Pty) Ltd. Noordhoek, Cape Town. The flower buds are green-yellow. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Select translation pop-up: Burkea africana Hook. pl. Seeds vary. Ivory Coast, Burkea africana Hook. The Vegetation of Africa. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. Wood is an excellent Fuel. 6: t. 593–594 (1843). The single carpel develops into the Fruit, which is usually a pod. [see more in the book] Leguminosae, J. & Boudet, G. (1991). The Bracts (modified leaves associated with reproductive structures like cone scales and inflorescence axis) are small and are persistent until the flowers open. They grow naturally in Gauteng – common round Pretoria, Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga, Mozambique (mainly central and north), Northern Namibia, Botswana (often in sandy soils) and northward towards Ethiopia and Nigeria. The young shoots and the tips of young branches are velvety and rusty- red to maroon. Cape Provinces, Habitat: In sandy soils in woodland and in wooded grassland. Nailing may cause splitting and pre-boring will help overcome this. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. B. africana has been in use in traditional medicine in many African cultures [35]. Burkea africana is dominant on well drained soils at the upper portions of a soil catena, co-dominant with T. sericea at midslope and replaced on seasonally waterlogged soils at the base of the slope by T. sericea. The book includes a second section with the material arranged by illness. Protologue [ edit] Icon. Leaves occur in an almost horizontal plane (photo 90). Whitish, zygomorphic, 5-merous Flowers are in pendulous spikes. The stipitate (supported by a short stipe or a short stalk) pods, which are wing-like, hang in clusters that mature by July but may remain on the tree for months. Old leaves are often marked with brown spots. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Trees of southern Africa. Guinea, Senegal, They occur in different woodland types from 50 to 1 700m. Taxonomy of Vascular Plants. Roots provide a red dye. This tree is often associated with other trees including Terminalia sericea, Ochna pulchra, Colophospermum mopane, Pterocarpus angolensis and Combretum imberbe. His trip is worth reading about – see ref. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0, Flora of West Tropical Africa Regular flowers usually have 4 … (2009). National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Here are the health benefits of African bitter leaf that have been studied by various herbal medicine experts in China, India, Africa, Australia and various other countries. It has a short, thick Style and a funnel-shaped Stigma, which is slit down one side. It does not shrink much and has good gluing properties. The upper surface of the Petiole (leaf stalk) is grooved and up to 2,5cm long.Stipules (basal appendage of the petiole) are caducous (an organ or part of which is easily detached and shed early). Niger, Size: 8 m * 6 m. Categories: Trees. Polhill. In: Flora Southern Africa 16, pt. Burkea Africana is a deciduous, medium-sized, spreading, flat-topped tree belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae. Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. (DC.) Leaflets arranged alternately, 6-15 per pinna; lamina 1.5-7.5 × 0.7-4.2 cm, ... Burkea africana EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Burkea africana ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Burkea africana Flora Zambesiaca web site: Burkea africana This unarmed, flat-topped or rounded crowned Tree (photo 162) may reach 18m high. Bark contains alkaloids and tannins and extracts can be used for tanning. Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. The Margin is entire (with a continuous margin, not in any way indented). This page was last edited on 16 April 2020, at 14:30 (UTC). van Wyk, B. leaves are used as medicine (Mulofwa et al., 1994; Mathisen et al., 2002). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0, Flora of Tropical East Africa Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. It is a plant of high phyto-medicinal importance in Nigeria [10]. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Burkea africana stem bark was therefore, investigated for its protective or stabilizing effect on erythrocyte membrane in acetaminophen-treated rats. Creatures » Cellular Organisms » Eukaryotes » Plants » Green Plants » Streptophyta » Embryophytes » Vascular Plant » Spermatophytes » Angiosperms » Eudicots » Superrosids » Rosids » "An Order: Peas, Beans, And Relatives" » Pea Family » Burkea « Stamens have anthers that have 2 pollen sacs and there are usually at least twice the number of stamens as petals – often 10. Common names: (A) Geelsering, Geel-sering, Geelseringhout, Grootsering, Grootseringboom, Kaffersering, Kafferseringboom, Kleinsering, Kleinseringboom, Rhodesian Seringa, Rooisering, Rooi-sering, Rooiseringhout, Sandsering, Sand-sering, Wildesering, Wilde-sering, Wildeseringboom, Witsering, Witseringhout, (E) Red Seringa, Rhodesian Ash, Rhodesian Seringa, Seringa, Seringa Tree, Syringa Tree, White Seringa, Wild Seringa, Wild Syringa, (ND) Umnondo, (NS) Monatô, Monoto, (TS) Mkenge, (TW) Monato, Monatô, Mosêsê, (V) Mufhulu. Ghana, They are bipinnate (Compound: twice pinnate. Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). The Heartwood is used for fence posts, parquet flooring, railway sleepers, mortars and attractive furniture. Dried, crushed bark is used as a fish poison. ORSTROM, Bangui. Angol. This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to NW. Leaflets are oval and silvery when they are … ed. Caterpillars of the moth (Cirina forda), which have a wingspan in excess of 10cm, consume the Leaves. The Trunk may reach a diameter of up to 80 cm. Cactus opuntia syn Opuntia inermis DC. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. Burkea africana (Red Syringa) is a medium sized tree usually 8– 10 m tall, with a maximum height of 20 m (Coates Palgrave 1997; Storrs 1995). J. H. Watt, J. M. & Breyer-Brandwijk, M (1962). Torre & Hillcoat in Consp. The superior, partially sunken Ovary is densely hairy. Petiolules (stalks of leaflets) are short. 245, t. 50, 4–6. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 94 (1949). The Fabaceae are recognisable by their fruit and by their pinnately compound Leaves. It is very slow-growing. Burkea africana is a deciduous, medium-sized, spreading, flat-topped tree up to 8 m high. (1977). 2: 250 (1956). The inner bark is either pink to dull red or purplish brown. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, © Copyright Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, IPNI - The International Plant Names Index. Flowers are bisexual and bracteate. Each leaf consists of 2-3 pairs of pinnae and each pinna has 4-9 well-spaced, alternate Leaflets (photo 177) Each grey-green, blue-green to dark green leaflet is roughly elliptic and up to 6 x 3cm. ?Congo-Brazzaville. The fruits of Burkea superficially resemble a Terminalia, but Burkea is readily separated by its compound leaves. 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