Fabaceae
Zenkerella

Zenkerella schliebenii (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

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane forest
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 6–20 m. high; branchlets puberulous, glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:stipules very caducous; petiole 3–5 mm. long, puberulous; lamina oblong-lanceolate, elliptic, or oblanceolate, 3–14 cm. long, 1–4(–5.5) cm. wide, obtusely subacuminate at apex, obtuse to rounded at base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Axis of raceme very short or scarcely developed; pedicels glabrous, ± 8–15 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers whitish-pink.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 6–7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 9–11 mm. long, oblanceolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods ± semicircular (upper suture straight, lower curved), 4.2–5 cm. long, 2.7–3.4 cm. wide, brown.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds ± 3–3.7 cm. long, 2–2.5 cm. wide, and 0.7–0.9 cm. thick.
Habitat
Upland rain-forest; 1430–1780 m.
Distribution
T6 not known elsewhere
[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

  • 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