Combretaceae
Terminalia

Terminalia laxiflora Engl.

First published in Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 4: 12 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and N. Uganda. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Combretaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954

Morphology General Habit
Savannah tree, to 36 ft. high
Note
Rather similar to above (Terminalia macroptera) and sometimes growing in the same communities with it
Morphology Leaves
Leaves variable in shape and indumentum but always long-petiolate.
[FWTA]

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

Morphology General Habit
Small tree up to 10 m. high; bark dark grey, deeply fissured.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic or oblong-elliptic or broadly oblanceolate, (13.5–)16–22(–30) cm. long, 4.5–9.5 cm. wide, apex rounded to obtuse or shortly acuminate, base obtuse to cuneate, glabrous or rarely tomentosebeneath; lateral nerves 10–15 pairs; petiole 2.8–3.4 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences of lateral spikes 9–12.5 cm. long; peduncle 1.7–2.2 cm. long, glabrous to densely tomentose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white; lower receptacle glabrous to densely tomentose; upper receptacle glabrous or sparsely pilose at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit yellowish brown, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 5.7–8 cm. long, 2.6–3.5 cm. wide, apex obtuse to rounded, somewhat emarginate; apical peg often present; stipe 1–1.2 cm. long.
Habitat
Wooded grassland; 1830–2200 m.
Distribution
Portuguese Guinea to Cameroun and eastwards to eastern Zaire, Sudan, and Ethiopia U1
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144285465/149015200

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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