Moraceae
Mesogyne

Mesogyne insignis Engl.

First published in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 44 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is São Tomé, E. Tanzania. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Moraceae, C.C. Berg (University of Bergen). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1989

Morphology General Habit
Shrubs or trees up to 15 m. tall.
Morphology Leaves
Lamina subcoriaceous to coriaceous, oblong to subobovate, sometimes elliptic or lanceolate, 5–26 × 1.5–9.5 cm., apex acuminate, base acute to obtuse, margin entire or faintly crenate-dentate; upper surface glabrous, lower surface sparsely puberulous, glabrescent; lateral veins 9–14 pairs, tertiary venation mostly reticulate; petiole 0.3–1(–1.5) cm. long; stipules 0.3–1.1 cm. long, caducous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Staminate inflorescences 2–4 mm. in diameter; peduncle 2–12 mm. long. Pistillate inflorescences 1–2 mm. in diameter; involucral bracts ± 12–16; stigmas 2.5–4 mm. long.
sex Male
Staminate inflorescences 2–4 mm. in diameter; peduncle 2–12 mm. long.
sex Female
Pistillate inflorescences 1–2 mm. in diameter; involucral bracts ± 12–16; stigmas 2.5–4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Infructescences
Infructescences 2.5–3 × 1.5–2 cm.
Figures
Fig. 8, p. 16.
Habitat
Rain-forest; 500–1300 m.
Distribution
T3 T6
[FTEA]

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: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/35730/2860060

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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