Cynometra filifera Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Cynometra

Characteristics

Tree up to about 3–5 m. high; young branchlets densely pubescent.. Leaves sessile or subsessile; stipules linear-filiform, up to 2 cm. or more long; rhachis pubescent, not winged, 3–6 cm. long; leaflets 8–12, alternate or opposite, ovate or oblong, 1–3 cm. long, 0.8–1.5 cm. wide, ± obtuse or obtusely subacuminate at apex, not emarginate, glabrous.. Peduncle together with axis of flowering raceme 3–6 cm. long, hairy; pedicels 1–1.4 cm. long, ± hairy in lower part, jointed a little below flower.. Flowers white, red outside.. Sepals 4, 4–5 mm. long.. Petals 4, obovate-oblong or oblong, 4 mm. long.. Pods unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Cynometra filifera world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Cynometra filifera threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:489404-1
WFO ID wfo-0000165873
COL ID 6BW6R
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cynometra filifera