Fabaceae
Scorodophloeus

Scorodophloeus fischeri (Taub.) J.Léonard

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 21: 419 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Tree 6–25 m. high; bark smooth, grey or grey-brown.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:petiole 3–4 mm. long; leaflets 3–5, mostly alternate, the terminal one largest, the rest decreasing in size downwards, glabrous or with some inconspicuous pubescence on midrib and margins; terminal leaflet asymmetrically rhombic-elliptic to rhombic-lanceolate, narrowed to an obtuse to subacute sometimes minutely emarginate apex, 3–11 cm. long, 1.4–5.5 cm. wide; lower leaflets elliptic to ovate, down to 1 cm. long and 0.7 cm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes terminal and lateral; axis ± 1.5–2 cm. long; pedicels 0.5–2.1 cm. long (excluding hypanthium), glabrous or sparingly and inconspicuously pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers strongly honey-scented.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals reflexed, pink-tinged, 5–6 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals white, 6.5–10 mm. long, 2–4 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods obliquely obovate-elliptic, apiculate at apex, rounded at base, 5.5–7 cm. long, 3.3–4.5 cm. wide, with their upper suture transversely flattened.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds ellipsoid, 2–2.5 cm. long, 1.4–1.9 cm. wide, 5–6 mm. thick.
Figures
Fig. 21, p. 123.
Habitat
Lowland dry evergreen forest, riverine forest, and sometimes in wooded grassland; 30–670 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere K7 T3 T6 T8 Z
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai scrub forest, Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[ILDIS]

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/158365/149059235

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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

  • 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