Urticaceae
Musanga

Musanga leo-errerae Hauman & J.Léonard

First published in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 51: 64 (1960)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. DR Congo to SW. 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/103646571/103648327

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Tree up to 30 m. tall.
Morphology Leaves
Lamina up to 40 cm. in diameter, with 8–11 segments; upper surface scabrous, lower surface grey arachnoid-tomentellous in the areoles; petiole 12–35 cm. long; stipules 8–16 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Staminate inflorescences poorly branched; glomerules 10–25, ± 10 mm. in diameter. Pistillate inflorescences 1.5–2.5(–3 in fruit) cm. long.
sex Male
Staminate inflorescences poorly branched; glomerules 10–25, ± 10 mm. in diameter.
sex Female
Pistillate inflorescences 1.5–2.5(–3 in fruit) cm. long.
Habitat
Forest regrowth; 1350 m.
Distribution
U2
[FTEA]

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