Trees, Shrubs and Lianas of West African Dry Zones

Acacia africana Albizia Balanites aegyptiaca barely prominent Bark Smooth beneath blade margin blennorrhoea bole branches Bridelia caducous calyx Cameroon Citrus cm in diameter cm long colic Combretum corolla cuneate base dense dentate Description diarrhoea Distribution dry season dysentery elliptic Euphorbia fascicle Ficus firewood and charcoal fringing forests Fruit glabrous glands globose green Grewia grey Guinean savannahs Habitat indica Inflorescence Lannea Latex Leaves Alternate Leaves Opposite lenticellate less pubescent lobes mucronate Nerves Pinnate oblong obovate obtuse open crown ovate ovoid pairs of lateral pairs of leaflets pairs of pinnae pale brown Paullinia pinnata pedicellate peduncle petals Petiole Petiolules Piliostigma Pinnate Plant Psorospermum puberulous pubescent pulp raceme rainy season reddish Related species ripe Roots rounded scaly seeds Senegal to Cameroon senegalensis Ro sepals shrub slash soils spiny Strychnos spinosa subopposite Sudano-Guinean Synonyms Terminalia Terminalia macroptera Tertiary venation Thorns Timber tomentose tropical Africa usually Vermifuge Vitellaria paradoxa Vitex whitish yellow yellowish Ziziphus