Bussea Occidentalis
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''Bussea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family,
Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...
. 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. , seven species were accepted: *'' Bussea eggelingii'' – Tanzania *'' Bussea gossweileri'' – Gabon to northeastern Angola *'' Bussea massaiensis'' – Tanzania and Zambia *'' Bussea occidentalis'' – Guinea to Ghana *'' Bussea perrieri'' – western Madagascar *'' Bussea sakalava'' – northern and Western Madagascar *'' Bussea xylocarpa'' – Mozambique


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Fabaceae genera Caesalpinioideae Flora of the Afrotropical realm Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Hermann Harms {{Caesalpinioideae-stub