Archidendron royenii Kosterm.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Archidendron

Characteristics

Small tree c. 5 m high, 33 cm in diameter. Branchlets, stipules and petiole not known. Pinnae probably 1 pair, 28-40 cm, rusty hispidulous, glands circular, sessile, puberulous, with raised margins and a flat depressed central part, c. 2 mm in diameter; petiolules 3-4 mm, rusty hirsute; leaflets 5 pairs per pinna (with a single unpaired lower leaflet), opposite, chartaceous, unequal-sided, ovate-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 7-17.5 by 2.5-6 cm, base asymmetrically broadly cuneate or half cuneate/half rounded, apex acuminate-caudate; both surfaces with a lax indumentum of short patent hairs; principal lateral veins 5-7 per leaflet-half, arching, non-parallel; reticulation prominulous on both surfaces. Inflorescences cauliflorous, scarcely glandular hairy, consisting of once-branched racemes, 1.5-4.5 cm; floral bracts with nectary; pedicel to 6 mm, glandular hairy. Flowers pentamerous, female, white with a greenish tinge. Calyx cup-shaped or campanulate, 1.5-2 mm, glabrous; teeth blunt, 0.2 mm. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, 7 mm, glabrous, lobes triangular-ovate, acute, 2-3 mm. Stamens c. 15 mm; tube equalling the corolla-tube. Ovaries 4, glabrous. Pod and seeds unknown.
Life form perennial
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Archidendron royenii world distribution map, present in Cameroon and Indonesia

Conservation status

Archidendron royenii threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:475097-1
WFO ID wfo-0000206638
COL ID G8VQ
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Synonyms

Archidendron royenii