Bobgunnia fistuloides
Species of legume
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Bobgunnia fistuloides, synonym Swartzia fistuloides, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is native to west and west-central tropical Africa.[2] Sometimes sold as "Pau Rosa", along with Bobgunnia madagascariensis.
| Bobgunnia fistuloides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Bobgunnia |
| Species: | B. fistuloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Bobgunnia fistuloides (Harms) J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema | |
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Distribution
Bobgunnia fistuloides is native to west tropical Africa (Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Nigeria) and to west-central tropical Africa (Cabinda Province, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo).[2]
