Fabaceae
Mildbraediodendron

Mildbraediodendron excelsum Harms

First published in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 241 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ghana to Uganda. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
A tall forest tree with buttresses, a straight trunk and spreading crown
Morphology Leaves
Leaves deciduous, reappearing with the flowers.
[FWTA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest., Guineo-Congolian forest.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Tall tree 20–50 m. high, buttressed at base; bark grey to brown, splitting into squares or rectangles.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets sparsely puberulous to glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves finely golden-puberulous when young; petiole and rhachis of mature leaves 25–45 cm. long; leaflets 12–19 pairs, narrowly oblong to lanceolate-oblong, (2.5–)3–8 cm. long, (1–)1.5–2.5 cm. wide, rounded to subcordate at base, obtusely pointed, rarely subacute at apex (apex itself sometimes slightly emarginate), sparsely and very inconspicuously appressed-puberulous beneath and often also above.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers yellow-green, in racemes 1–4 cm. long (to 7 cm., fide Harms) borne on current growth below the leaves; pedicels 5–7(–10) mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ± 5–7 mm. in diameter before opening.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits 4–5 cm. or more in diameter.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown, thin-walled, ellipsoid, 4–7 cm. long, 2.5–3.5 cm. wide (mostly fide F.C.B.).
Figures
Fig. 52.
Habitat
Lowland rain-forest; ± 790–1000 m.
Distribution
U1 U2 U4
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62026445/62026447

Conservation
LC - least concern
[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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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

  • 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