Cryptosepalum minutifolium

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Cryptosepalum minutifolium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Cryptosepalum
Species:
C. minutifolium
Binomial name
Cryptosepalum minutifolium
(A.Chev.) Hutch. & Dalziel

Cryptosepalum minutifolium is a medium to large tree found Liberia and Ivory Coast belonging to the family Fabaceae, it is not a well known or common tree species. [1]

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Description

A medium to large tree capable of reaching 30 m (98 ft) in height. Leaves are bifoliate with small opposite leaflets that can reach up to 2 cm (0.79 in) long and 1 cm (0.39 in) wide and having with fine hairs. [2] The species has a single petal held by a short pedicel, its fruit is a small elliptical, woody and glabrous pod, up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long and rounded at the edges. [1]

Distribution

Occurs in Liberia and Ivory Coast, found in montane forest regions. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Aubréville, André (1959). La flore forestière de la Côte d'Ivoire (in French). Vol. 1. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical. p. 294. ISBN   978-2-84107-018-3.
  2. 1 2 Voorhoeve, A.G. (1965). Liberian high forest trees : a systematic botanical study of the 75 most important or frequent high forest trees, with reference to numerous related species (PhD thesis). Wageningen University.