Fabaceae
Dialium

Dialium excelsum Louis ex Steyaert

First published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 84: 38 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to W. Uganda. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/33466/137509491

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Guineo-Congolian forest., Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Tree 18–45 m. high.
Morphology General Bark
Bark smooth, pale.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets glabrous to inconspicuously puberulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:petiole and rhachis together (4–)5–8.5 cm. long; leaflets 5–9(–11), lanceolate, with the lowest ones of the leaf tending to be ovate and the terminal one to be elliptic, 2–7(–10) cm. long, 1.2–2.6(–2.9) cm. wide, papery, obtusely subacuminate or acuminate, cuneate or the lowest ± rounded at base, glabrous or almost so; venation ± raised and reticulate on both surfaces.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers brown outside, greenish-white inside, in panicles up to 20 × 15 cm.; pedicels 1.5–5 mm. long, rusty-brown-puberulous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals rusty-brown-puberulous outside, 2.5–3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 0.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 2; filaments 2.5–3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods subglobose, 1.1–1.5 cm. long, 1–1.2 cm. wide, puberulous outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds suborbicular, compressed, 7.5–8 mm. long, 6.5–7.5 mm. wide, dark brown.
Habitat
Lowland rain-forest; ± 760–900 m.
Distribution
U2
[FTEA]

Uses

Use
Wood
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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