Fabaceae
Newtonia

Newtonia erlangeri (Harms) Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 10: 180 (1955)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Somalia to NE. Tanzania. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
S3, “Feleschid”, Ellenbeck 2317 (B holo. destr.)
Morphology General Habit
Tree, 6–20 m tall with a spreading crown; branchlets glabrous or puberulous
Morphology Leaves
Pinnae 1–4 pairs; leaflets 5–12 pairs, elliptic or oblong, 7–24 x 3–9 mm, glabrous, prominently veined
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers cream, in spikes up to 10 cm long, which are often racemosely or paniculately aggregated towards branchlet-ends
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1–1.5 mm long, subtruncate with very short lobes; petals 2.5–3 mm, hairy towards apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Anthers without an apical gland
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 10–25 x 1.5–2.2 cm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 5–5.5 x 1.6–1.8 cm.
Distribution
S3; E Kenya, ?NE Tanzania
Ecology
Altitude c. 50 m.
Vernacular
Dhaydhay, dheydhey, reydab (Somali).
[FSOM]

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/33046/2831895

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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