Xylia mendoncae Torre

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Xylia

Characteristics

Leaves with petiole 4-6 cm. long; pinna-rhachis 6-10 cm. long; leaflets in (3)4-5 pairs, mostly 3-6 x 1·5-2·5 cm. (smaller ones may occur with the inflorescences) elliptic to somewhat ovate-or obovate-elliptic, usually rounded to rounded-cuneate at the base, glabrous beneath except on the midrib and margins.
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Flowers in heads c. 1·5 cm. in diam. on supra-axillary subglabrous peduncles (2)3·5-8 cm. long; interfloral bracts oblanceolate, 2-3 mm. long.
Small tree 4-7 m. high; branchlets, petioles and leaf-rhachides glabrous.
Flowers 6-7 mm. long, sessile or almost so (pedicel to c. 0·25 mm.).
Pods 11-12 x 3-3·5 cm., glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 7.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Xylia mendoncae world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Conservation status

Xylia mendoncae threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:525862-1
WFO ID wfo-0000171876
COL ID 5CK7Y
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Synonyms

Xylia mendoncae