Premna maxima

Botanical Description

Premna maxima is an evergreen tree that usually grows up to 30 metres tall, though specimens to 40 metres have been recorded. The bole is up to 90cm in diameter, it is generally fluted and bent or crooked[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. It usually has a buttresses[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. Premna maxima is confined to a fewsmall localities near Meru and Marsabit in Kenya. The population is in decline due to logging and destruction of its native environmentThe plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].