Intsia

Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 192 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania (Zanzibar) to W. Pacific. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Endangered
Ecology
Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; mangrove.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
Faux Gayac, Fehi, Gayac, Harandranto, Hintsi, Hintsika, Hintsikafitra, Hintsina, Hintsy, Tsararavina
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Tree 5–40 m. high, buttressed when old; bark pale grey; young branchlets glabrous or nearly so.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves glabrous (in East Africa); petiole with rhachis (1.5–)3.5–10.5 cm. long; leaflets in (l–)2, very rarely 3, pairs, asymmetrically ovate to elliptic or rotund, 4–16 cm. long, 2.8–11 cm. wide, rounded to obtuse or obtusely pointed at apex, venose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a corymbose panicle 3–10 cm. long and 4–12 cm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 6–16 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petal 1, white or pink, 1.3–3.3 cm. long, long-clawed, with a crisped lamina 1–3.4 cm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens red.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 10–28 cm. long, 4–7.2 cm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 2.2–3.5 cm. long, 1.5–3.2 cm. wide, ± covered with detachable rusty scurf.
Figures
Fig. 23, p. 129.
Habitat
On and near the sea-shore
Distribution
coasts and islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. I. bijuga is cultivated in Tanganyika and in Zanzibar. P
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32310/2813445

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Uses

Use
Food and Drink, Wood
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Ifil

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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

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

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    • 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