Klainedoxa gabonensis
Irvingiaceae
Habit
Tree
Fern
No
Predominant Habitat
Forest
Geographic Distribution
Liberia
IUCN Red-List
Not assessed
Synonyms
Klainedoxa trillesii
Rank
var.
Taxon
oblongifolia
Literature
FWTA 1: 693; BJBB 65: 152
Vouchers
-
Common Name(s)
Not Known
Notes
Emergent tree of the rain forest and deciduous forest, up to 50 m tall and 150 cm Ø. Crown rather globular, spreading widely, with foliage rather tufted at the end of the branchlets. Bole clear and straight, when young with upward pointing thorns. Buttresses very well-developed, thin, wide-spreading, convex and often wavy. Bark dark-reddish brown, usually smooth with numerous small lenticels. Slash hard and thin, brittle, reddish – orange on the outside, exuding a little clear sap soon after cutting, with a distinct musky smell. Leaves simple, alternate, with long, pointed stipules that envelop the terminal bud and leave a circular scar on the twig. Many fine ± parallel lateral Fruit a hard, depressed drupe, 3 – 5 cm thick, 5 – 8 cm across, often five-seeded. Seeds are very oily. See also PROTA database.