Berlinia

Belongs within: Leguminosae.

Berlinia is a genus of trees found in tropical Africa bearing flowers in terminal racemes or panicles, with one petal often being considerably larger than the other four. Leaves are paripinnate and seed pods are large, woody, compressed and explosively dehiscent.

BerliniaMB09
    |--B. auriculataMB09
    |--B. bracteosaMB09
    |--B. bruneeliiMB09
    |--B. confusaMB09
    |--B. congolensisMB09
    |--B. coriaceaMB09
    |--B. craibianaMB09
    |--B. giorgiiMB09
    |--B. grandifloraMB09
    |--B. hollandiiMB09
    |--B. korupensis Mackinder & van der Burgt 2009MB09
    |--B. lundensisMB09
    |--B. occidentalisMB09
    |--B. orientalisMB09
    |--B. phenacoaMB09
    |--B. rabiensisMB09
    |--B. razziferaMB09
    |--B. sapiniiMB09
    |--B. tomentellaMB09
    `--B. viridicansMB09

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[MB09] Mackinder, B. A., & X. M. van der Burgt. 2009. Berlinia korupensis (Leguminosae—Caesalpinioideae), a new tree species from Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 64 (1): 129–134.