Scientific Name: Baphia nitida
Family: Leguminosae
Common names: Camwood.
Description
Shrubby tree growing to about 3 m on the Accra Plains, Ghana, to about 10 m in the forests, with smooth branchlets and fragrant white flowers with a yellow centre, usually one to four together.
Distribution
Native to west central Africa; occurs in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, the Republic of Cameroon, Guinea, Gabon, Ghana and Zaire.
Characteristics
Favours moist seepage areas on the perimeters of termitaria on plains. Not always associated with thickets. A secondary species in forests; its frequency increases with rainfall. Grows easily from seeds or cuttings.
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