Baikiaea
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Baikiaea (Wm. B. Baikie, African traveler). Leguminosae. Great-flowered Trop. African trees of 2 species, one of which has been cult, in Eu. Trees unarmed: Lvs. abruptly pinnate, coriaceous: fls. few in each raceme, not papilionaceous; petals 5, much exceeding the turbinate calyx, broadly oblanceolate or obovate, long- clawed; stamens 10. B. insignis, Benth., is an erect evergreen, to 40 ft., with short-lined fls. 10 in. across, snow-white with lower petal or lip lemon-yellow. Upper Guinea.—Said to be the largest flower in the Leguminosae.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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