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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
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: African Sandalwood, Baphia Nitida, Camwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Baphia
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. ..."