Fabaceae
Dalbergia

Dalbergia lactea Vatke

First published in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 251 (1879)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brummitt, R.K. & al. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca 3(3): 1-258. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 525.
  • in Oest. Bot. Zeit. 29: 251 (1879)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • 11. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 251 (1879).
  • —Baker f. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 61 (1911)
  • —Baker f., Legum. Trop. Africa: 525 (1929).
  • —Burtt Davy & Hoyle, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Nyasaland: 59 (1936).
  • —Cronquist in F.C.B. 6: 64 (1954).
  • —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5: 379 (1916).
  • —Harms in Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas 3(1): 630 (1915).
  • —Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed.2, 1: 516 (1958).
  • —Polhill in F.T.E.A., Legum., Pap.: 111, fig.20/3, 7 (1971).
  • —Taubert in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 217 (1895).
  • —White, Dowsett-Lemaire & Chapman, Evergr. For. Fl. Malawi: 325, fig.115A–E (2001).
  • —White, F.F.N.R.: 148 (1962).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 525 (1929).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 81 (1936).
  • Chiov., Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya: 36 (1935).
  • Cronquist in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 6: 64 (1954).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 304 (1955).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 362 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2:192 (1952).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 148 (1962).
  • Harms in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 407 (1900).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 516 (1958).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 417 (1949).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 333 (1948).
  • Taub. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 217 (1895).
  • Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 29: 251 (1879).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Hepper, F. N. (1958). Papilionoideae. In: Flora West Tropical Africa. Keay, R. W. J.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2018 Matimele, H.; Osborne, J. [SOC C2 S005] Mozambique K000569846 Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M.; Tah, K.; Nana, V.; Sene, O.; Ndifon; Kissimou [13655] Cameroon K000580205 Yes
Oct 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9568] Cameroon K000008001 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Gosline, G. [163] Cameroon K000027498 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Mackinder, B. [191] Cameroon K000108199 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9858] Cameroon K000338559 Yes
Aug 1, 1990 Thomas, D.W. [452] Cameroon K000087468 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9969] Cameroon K000087469 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Preuss, P.R. [897] Cameroon K000087470 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Dunlap [148] Cameroon K000087477 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Maitland, T.D. [1369] Cameroon K000087475 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Maitland, T.D. [882] Cameroon K000087476 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Maitland, T.D. [46] Cameroon K000087474 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [GC 10473] Cameroon K000087471 Yes
Ashworth, J.; Ndo, John; Okon, Felix; Anya, Sylvester [302] Cameroon K000557220 Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614730 No

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