Tessmannia densiflora Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 462 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32920/2828238

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
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
Tree 20–25 m. high, with an open crown; branchlets shortly hairy, later glabrescent (as are the petioles and leaf-rhachides).
Morphology Leaves
Rhachis of leaf (together with petiole) 3–6 cm. long; leaflets alternate to subopposite or opposite, 16–26, oblong, lanceolate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 1–1.5 cm. long, 4–6 mm. wide, obtuse and often slightly emarginate at apex, glabrous and reticulate on both surfaces.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences of axillary, dense-flowered racemes; axis 3–4 cm. long, densely velvety-hairy; pedicels (together with receptacle) up to 7 mm. long in young fruit; flowers red.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals ±1.2 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals ± 2 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary glabrous; stipe villous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods (not quite mature) elliptic-suborbicular or obliquely and broadly obovate, 3.3–4.5 cm. long, 2.5–2.8 cm. wide.
Habitat
Uncertain, said to be on sandy ground at 200–300 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere T6
[FTEA]

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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

  • 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