Anacardiaceae
Lannea

Lannea welwitschii (Hiern) Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 498 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62944/3117109

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]

Anacardiaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A forest tree, to 100 ft. high, with cylindrical bole, up to 8 ft. in girth, and small buttresses
Morphology General Bark
Bark grey, pitted slash thick, deep crimson-pink with whitish streaks
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers yellowish-green
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Ripe fruits black.
[FWTA]

Anacardiaceae, J. O. Kokwaro (University of Nairobi). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1986

Morphology General Habit
A forest tree up to 30 m. high; bole unbuttressed, straight and cylindrical, free from branches for 8–15 m. at maturity; bark grey, scaling.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves clustered at the ends of the branchlets, (3–)5–7(–13)-foliolate; rachis 10–25 cm. long, semicylindric, longitudinally grooved above, glabrous or with a few stellate hairs; petiolules 1–5 mm. long on lateral leaflets, 2–5 cm. long on the terminal one; leaflets oblong-ovate, ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 10–15(–20) cm. long, 5–7(–10) cm. broad, long-acuminate at the apex, cuneate or obtuse and asymmetric at the base, papyraceous, glabrous or with minute scattered hairs especially on the nerves beneath, discolorous, margin entire or somewhat sinuate or undulate; midrib and lateral nerves raised beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence of subterminal axillary panicles up to 20 cm. long, pyramidal and up to 8 cm. wide, yellowish tomentose; bracts ovate, 3–8 mm. long; pedicels 2–4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-lobes 0.6–0.8 mm. long, ciliate-denticulate, glabrous or stellate hairy.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals oblong-elliptic, 2.5–3 mm. long, 1.4–1.7 mm. broad, yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Drupe ellipsoid or suborbicular and compressed, 6–8 mm. long, 4–6 mm. in diameter.
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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