Fabaceae
Berlinia

Berlinia giorgii De Wild.

First published in Pl. Bequaert. 3: 140 (1925)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Burundi and Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian forest, Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; forest., Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; transition woodland.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, R.K. Brummitt, A.C. Chikuni, J.M. Lock and R.M. Polhill. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. 2007

Morphology General Habit
Tree to 18 m tall.
Morphology Branches
Branchlets minutely puberulous.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets in 3–5 pairs, 10–16 × 7–9.5 cm, oblong, broadly elliptic or obovate-oblong, cuneate to rounded at the base, emarginate at the apex, sparsely and minutely puberulous on midrib and nerves beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences paniculate, terminal, up to 35 cm long; pedicels 5–7 cm long, puberulous; bracteoles 3.2 × 1.6 cm, obovate-spathulate, shortly velutinous inside and outside, coriaceous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium
Hypanthium 1.2–1.5 cm long, shortly velutinous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 5.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 5, white, the upper one 6.5–7.5 cm long, the expanded portion 4.5–5 × 5.5–6 cm, the other petals c.2 cm long, linear from an expanded base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 30–35 × 7–8 cm, oblong, brown velutinous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 3 × 2 cm, flattened, elliptic.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103851010/112189360

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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

  • 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