Fabaceae
Dalbergia

Dalbergia ecastaphyllum (L.) Taub.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 335 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America, W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as a medicine.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Guiana Shield, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–600 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Caquetá, Chocó, Córdoba, Vaupés.
Habit
Shrub.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

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]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A rambling shrub, sending up long vertical shoots from the more or less tangled main branches, reaching 3 m high or more, the young leafy branches finely pubescent; leaflet 1, oblong-ovate or elliptic, 5–12 cm long, shortly acuminate at the apex and usually rounded or truncate at the base, glabrous above, paler beneath and finely puberulous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white, faintly scented, in small dense panicles about 2 cm long, about twice as long as the petioles
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ca. 3 mm long, pubescent; standard 7–8 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary with stalk longer than the calyx
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods roundish or kidney-shaped, 2–3 cm across, finely pubescent, on a short stalk, always 1-seeded.
Distribution
Grand Cayman, Little Cayman. West Indies, continental tropical America, and west tropical Africa.
Ecology
Along borders of mangrove swamps and borders of streams near the coast.
[Cayman]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62022448/62022455

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 600 m.; Amazonia, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
Vernacular
Bejuco De Peseta, Bejuco Serna Blanco, Bugi, Liane a Clous, Maraimaray, Maray-maray, Marmeleiro-da-praia, Marmelo, Palo De Pollo, Pendola
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
A shrub, up to 20 ft. or more high, with dark purple branchlets
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Small crowded panicles of fragrant white flowers
Ecology
In swamps by the sea.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

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