Fabaceae
Piptadeniastrum

Piptadeniastrum africanum (Hook.f.) Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 10: 179 (1955)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to South Sudan and Angola. 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]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62027343/62027345

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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

Morphology General Habit
Tree up to 50 m. high, with buttressed base and smooth, usually grey bark.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets shortly and ± densely rusty (when dry)-pubescent, then glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Pinnae 10–19 pairs (to 23 pairs on juvenile leaves). Leaflets 30–58 pairs (to 61 on juvenile foliage), linear, ± falcate, 3–8.5 mm. long (to 10 mm. on juvenile leaves), 0.8–1.25 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers yellowish-white, in spiciform racemes 4–11 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 17–36 cm. long, 2–3.2 cm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds (3–)5.3–9.5 cm. long, 1.8–2.5 cm. wide.
Figures
Fig. 5, p. 22.
Habitat
Lowland rain-forest and riverine forest; 1100–1220 m.
Distribution
U2 U4 from Senegal and the Sudan to Angola and the Belgian Congo
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

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

Morphology General Habit
Large tree of rain forest, reaching 160 ft. high
Morphology Bole
Straight bole
Morphology Trunk Buttresses
Large plank-like buttresses
Morphology Branches
Spreading parasol-like branches
Morphology Leaves
Fine fern-like foliage
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in panicled yellowish-white spikes.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use
Medicine, Toxins, Wood
[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

  • 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