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Newbouldia laevis - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Afegame, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Newbouldia laevis - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Afegame, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Newbouldia laevis - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Afegame, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Newbouldia laevis - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Afegame, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1219
Date of entry: 25.02.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: African Border Tree, Boundary Tree

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2586)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)

      Order: Scrophulariales (97)

        Family: Bignoniacea (19)(family description)

          Genus: Newbouldia (1)

            Epithet: laevis Seem. (5)

laevis => smooth, in the sense of not being rough

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree, arborescent

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

External links

Check for Newbouldia laevis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [18] Arbonnier, M. (2004): Trees, shrubs and lianas of West African dry zones. CIRAD, Paris, France; Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany; MNHN, Paris, France.

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