Baphia is a small genus of legumes that bear simple leaves. Baphia is Greek for "dye", referring to a red dye that is extracted from the heartwood of tropical species. The genus is restricted to the African tropics.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0