Meliaceae FAMILY Endangered

Leplaea adenopunctata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Leplaea adenopunctata is a tree; it can grow up to 33 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 20 metres, up to 80cm in diameter with low buttresses[ 886 Title A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 145 (2): 209-241, 2012 Author Koenen E.J.M.; de Wilde J.J.F.E. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Publisher The Royal Botanical Society; Belgium. Year 2012 ISBN 2032-3913 Description A review of the genus Guarea in Africa, it excludes all the African species from that genus, placing the majority of them in Leplaea and one in Neoguarea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree has almost certainly been harvested for its wood in the past as a part of Leplaea thompsonii. It is uncertain if it is currently being harvested[ 886 Title A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 145 (2): 209-241, 2012 Author Koenen E.J.M.; de Wilde J.J.F.E. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Publisher The Royal Botanical Society; Belgium. Year 2012 ISBN 2032-3913 Description A review of the genus Guarea in Africa, it excludes all the African species from that genus, placing the majority of them in Leplaea and one in Neoguarea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant has not yet been evaluated in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It has been suggested that it should be classified as 'Endangered'[ 886 Title A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 145 (2): 209-241, 2012 Author Koenen E.J.M.; de Wilde J.J.F.E. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Publisher The Royal Botanical Society; Belgium. Year 2012 ISBN 2032-3913 Description A review of the genus Guarea in Africa, it excludes all the African species from that genus, placing the majority of them in Leplaea and one in Neoguarea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Guinea, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana.

HabitatAn understory or subcanopy tree in tropical rainforests, occurring at elevations ranging from sea-level to 600 metres[ 886 Title A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 145 (2): 209-241, 2012 Author Koenen E.J.M.; de Wilde J.J.F.E. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Publisher The Royal Botanical Society; Belgium. Year 2012 ISBN 2032-3913 Description A review of the genus Guarea in Africa, it excludes all the African species from that genus, placing the majority of them in Leplaea and one in Neoguarea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].