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Baikiaea

Baikiaea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.

Species include:

  • Baikiaea fragrantissima
  • Baikiaea ghesquiereana
  • Baikiaea insignis
  • Baikiaea plurijuga – Rhodesian-teak
  • Baikiaea robynsii
  • Baikiaea suzannae
  • Baikiaea zenkeri

Baikiaea is the characteristic tree of two dry woodland ecoregions of southern Africa, the Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands and Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands.

The genus is named after William Balfour Baikie (1824-1864), Scottish explorer of the Niger River.