Fabaceae
Cryptosepalum

Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum (Hook.f.) Benth.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 315 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

Caesalpiniaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A big timber tree with hard wood, with puberulous branchlets
Morphology General Buds
Perulate buds
Morphology Leaves
Quadrifoliolate leaves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Short axillary racemes with white or pinkish flowers
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods suborbicular, glabrous, flat, up to 4 cm. high and 6 cm. broad with very lateral peduncle.
[FWTA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Guineo-Congolian forest., Guineo-Congolian scrub forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
African Pine
[ILDIS]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/33465/9780171

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Uses

Use
Wood
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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