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Baphia cymosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Baphia
Species:	B. cymosa
Binomial name
Baphia cymosa Breteler

Baphia cymosa is a plant species native to Gabon in central Africa. The plant grows there in tropical rainforest.

Baphia cymosa is a small tree up to 4 m tall. Leaves are simple, broadly elliptical, tapering at the tip, glabrous on the upper side but with a few light hairs on the underside. Flowers are white, borne in small groups.

References

1. ^ Breteler, Franciscus ("Frans") Joseph (Jozef). 1994. Novitates Gabonenses 21: a new species of Bahia (Leguminsae: Papilionoideae) from Gabon. Novon 4:83-85.
2. "photo of isotype of Baphia cymosa at Missouri Botanical Garden". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-16.

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