Dalbergia humbertii

Botanical Description

Dalbergia humbertii is a deciduous tree growing up to 20 metres tall[ 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 selectively felled in the wild for its valuable timber. Dalbergia humbertii is restricted to the dry deciduous forests of Madascar, a habitat type that has been severely destroyed by human activity. It has been estimated that the western dry forest has been reduced by approximately 40% since the 1970's and that since human settlement of this region, an estimated 97% of the island’s dry deciduous western forests have been destroyed. With an expanding rural population and increasing degradation of existing arable lands, the pressure on the remaining forest is extremely high. Selective logging and the removal of large trees pose additional threats of forest habitat degradation.The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' 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. ].