| Platypterocarpus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Platypterocarpus Dunkley & Brenan (1948) |
| Species: | P. tanganyikensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis Dunkley & Brenan (1948) | |
Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree endemic to the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, where it grows 13 to 27 meters tall. It is the sole species in genus Platypterocarpus. [2]
It grows in the transition zone between wet and dry Afromontane forest from 1500 to 1900 meters elevation, where it is fairly common in Podocarpus–Juniperus–Ocotea forest on grey sandy soil. [2]
