Definition of Genus Baphia

1. Noun. Small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar.

Exact synonyms: Baphia
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: African Sandalwood, Baphia Nitida, Camwood

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Baphia

genus Baccharis
genus Bacillus
genus Bacteroides
genus Baiomys
genus Bairdiella
genus Balaena
genus Balaeniceps
genus Balaenoptera
genus Balanus
genus Balistes
genus Ballota
genus Balsamorhiza
genus Bambusa
genus Bankia
genus Banksia
genus Baphia (current term)
genus Baptisia
genus Barbarea
genus Barosaurus
genus Bartle-Frere
genus Bartramia
genus Basiliscus
genus Bathyergus
genus Batis
genus Batrachoseps
genus Bauhinia
genus Beaumontia
genus Begonia

Literary usage of Genus Baphia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"Mauritiu is an American genus. Baphia, an African genus, but occurring in America, is one of the few instances in which a genus of Palms is represented in ..."

2. The Journal of the Manchester geographical society by Manchester geographical society (1885)
"... as " camwood," a tree belonging to the genus Baphia, are worth in England £22 a ton. African ebony fetches sometimes £14 a ton in the English markets. ..."

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