Bussea

Bussea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes seven species of trees and occasionally shrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Ghana in West Africa, from Gabon and Angola to Tanzania and Mozambique in central Africa, and to Madagascar. Habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forests and thickets, moist semi-deciduous forests, and evergreen rain forest. As of August 2023, seven species were accepted: Bussea eggelingii Verdc. – Tanzania Bussea gossweileri Baker f. – Gabon to northeastern Angola Bussea massaiensis (Taub.) Harms – Tanzania and Zambia Bussea occidentalis Hutch. – Guinea to Ghana Bussea perrieri R.Vig. – western Madagascar Bussea sakalava Du Puy & R.Rabev. – northern and Western Madagascar Bussea xylocarpa (Sprague) Sprague & Craib – Mozambique ...read more on Wikipedia.