Fabaceae

Schefflerodendron Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 87 (1901)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cameroon to Tanzania and Angola.

Descriptions

Legumes of the World. Edited by G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. MacKinder & M. Lock. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2005)

Habit
Trees
Ecology
Tropical rain forest and seasonally dry forest, including disturbed sites
Distribution
WC Africa (Guineo-Congolian region), with 1 sp. extending to the Zanzibar-Inhambane region
Note
Placed among the basal millettioid and phaseoloid group of genera allied to Craibia
[LOWO]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Forest trees
Morphology Leaves
Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets alternate; stipels small or shortly stalked,, globular glands (flat when dry) copious on inflorescence, calyx, corolla and ovary, where they are more or less hidden by a dark rusty brown crisped indumentum, and on the undersurface of the leaflets, where they are readily seen
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-lobes very short
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Vexillary stamen free, not bent or widened at the base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary stipitate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod inflated, woody, dehiscent, with very thick walls
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 1–2.
[FTEA]

Uses

Use
Schefflerodendron usambarense Harms (msase) is used for timber (construction, handles, poles), firewood and charcoal
[LOWO]

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0