Cryptosepalum minutifolium
Species of flowering plants
| Cryptosepalum minutifolium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptosepalum |
| Species: | C. minutifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptosepalum minutifolium (A.Chev.) Hutch. & Dalziel | |
Cryptosepalum minutifolium is a medium to large tree found Liberia and Ivory Coast belonging to the family Fabaceae, it is not a well known or common tree species.[1]
Description
A medium to large tree capable of reaching 30 m (98 ft) in height. Leaves are bifoliate with small opposite leaflets that can reach up to 2 cm (0.79 in) long and 1 cm (0.39 in) wide and having with fine hairs.[2] The species has a single petal held by a short pedicel, its fruit is a small elliptical, woody and glabrous pod, up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long and rounded at the edges.[1]
Distribution
Occurs in Liberia and Ivory Coast, found in montane forest regions.[2]
References
- ^ a b Aubréville, André (1959). La flore forestière de la Côte d'Ivoire (in French). Vol. 1. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical. p. 294. ISBN 978-2-84107-018-3.
- ^ a b Voorhoeve, A.G. (1965). Liberian high forest trees : a systematic botanical study of the 75 most important or frequent high forest trees, with reference to numerous related species (PhD thesis). Wageningen University.
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