Terminalia kilimandscharica Engl.

First published in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 294 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Tanzania. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Combretaceae, G. E. Wickens. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1973

Morphology General Habit
Small tree to 10(–13) m. high, or sometimes a shrub; bark grey-brown, deeply fissured; branchlets grey-brown, fibrous; young shoots tomentose, becoming glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves spirally arranged, petiolate; lamina obovate-elliptic to elliptic, up to 8.5(–11) cm. long and 5.5(–6.5) cm. wide, usually smaller, apex rounded, very shortly acuminate, base truncate to shortly attenuate, pinkish brown and lanate beneath, indumentum generally persisting; lateral nerves 7–9 pairs, somewhat prominent beneath; petiole 1–3 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences of axillary or occasionally terminal spikes up to 8 cm. long; peduncle 1.5–3 cm. long, tomentose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white to cream, fragrant; lower receptacle tomentose; upper receptacle pilose at the base, almost glabrous towards the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit brownish red, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 7–11 cm. long, 4–6.5 cm. wide, apex acute to obtuse, sometimes emarginate, base narrowed into the stipe, puberulous to almost glabrous, but never entirely so; stipe 3–5 mm. long.
Habitat
Deciduous woodland, bushland and wooded grassland; 300–1700 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere K4 K6 K7 T2 T3 T5
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0