- Source: Bersama abyssinica
Bersama abyssinica is a species of medium-sized evergreen tree in the family Francoaceae. The leaves are pinnately divided with a strongly winged rachis (hence the common name winged bersama). The inflorescence is a spike.
This species is distributed across sub-Saharan Africa and includes two subspecies:
B. abyssinica Fresen. subsp. abyssinica Fresen.
B. abyssinica Fresen. subsp. rosea (Hoyle) Mikkelsen
The subspecies rosea is endemic to Tanzania, where it is considered vulnerable.
Bersama abyssinica produces a hard, heavy wood that is used in the construction of houses in West Africa.
References
External links
Images from the Flora of Zimbabwe
Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Bersama abyssinica". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Rabah abisinia
- Vanessa abyssinica
- Chrysobothris abyssinica
- Anthaxia abyssinica
- Acmaeodera abyssinica
- Sophronica abyssinica
- Ocularia abyssinica
- Agromyza abyssinica
- Anachariesthes abyssinica
- Oxycauloeme abyssinica
- Bersama abyssinica
- Bersama
- B. rosea
- Euriphene ribensis
- Mount Rungwe
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes phoebus
- Zambezian evergreen dry forests
- Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
- List of Ngorongoro Crater plants
