Fabaceae
Zenkerella

Zenkerella grotei (Harms) J.Léonard

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 21: 413 (1951)
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

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Small tree with thin trunk, tending to gain support from other trees (Drummond & Hemsley 2596); tree to 25–30 m., with rounded crown (Grote 3803, Greenway 4676); branchlets glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:stipules not seen, apparently very quickly caducous; petiole 2.5–6 mm. long, glabrous; lamina oblong-elliptic or elliptic, 3.3–15(–18) cm. long, 1.3–5.5(–8) cm. wide, obtusely pointed to acute or acuminate at apex, rounded to rounded-cuneate at base, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Axis of raceme 0–3 mm. long; pedicels 5–10 mm. long, puberulous (Drummond & Hemsley 2596) or glabrous and 1 to nearly 2 cm. long (Grote 3803).
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 5–6 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 7–8 mm. long, 3–4 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary puberulous or shortly pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods elliptic or suborbicular, somewhat asymmetric, 4–5.5 cm. long, 2–4 cm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds ± 2–3 cm. in diameter.
Figures
Fig. 20/7–10.
Habitat
Upland rain-forest; 970–2000 m.
Distribution
T3 not known elsewhere
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[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

  • 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