Fabaceae
Cynometra

Cynometra longipedicellata Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 460 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It is a tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32275/202152097

Conservation
CR - critically endangered
[IUCN]

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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Much branched evergreen tree up to 18 m. high, with broad rounded crown.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:petiole with rhachis 2–5 cm. long; stipules persistent, foliaceous, obliquely ovate to ovate-oblong, 0.7–1.5 cm. long; petiole 3–10 mm. long; leaflets (2–)4, sessile, elliptic to ovate-elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 3–12 cm. long, 2–7 cm. wide, mostly obtuse at apex, not emarginate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Panicles compact; axes pubescent, up to 1–2.5 cm. long; pedicels unusually long (1.5–3.5 cm.), glabrous, jointed about 5 mm. below the hypanthium.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 4, 4–7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals ± 7–8 mm. long, but damaged ones only examined.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods unknown.
Habitat
Lowland evergreen rain-forest; ± 900 m.
Distribution
T3 not known elsewhere
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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