| Uvariopsis korupensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Uvariopsis |
| Species: | U. korupensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Uvariopsis korupensis Gereau & Kenfack [2] | |
Uvariopsis korupensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae [2] [3] endemic to Cameroon. [1]
This shrub or small tree is of a height of 6 to 15 m, with a trunk of up to 14 cm in diameter. [1] Young branches slightly velvet. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, oblong-oblanceolate, 30–52 cm long, 9-14 cm broad. The inflorescence is fasciculate and the (cauliflorous) monoecious flowers are borne on a wooden collar at the base of the trunk (which sometimes extends up to 3.8 m from the base). Flowers orange and cream-coloured. [2] Stigma glabrous, sessile. Fruit ellipsoid-cylindrical, 3–6 cm long, 1.8–3 cm thick. Seeds ellipsoid-oblong, 10–22 mm by 5–8 mm. [4]
Endemic to Cameroon, the species grows in the south-west region on Mounts Cameroon, Korup, Bakossi and Takamanda. [1] The plant grows in lowland evergreen forest in hilly terrain at an altitude of between 50 and 1,000 metres on wet soils. [1] [4]
Uvariopsis korupensis is threatened by deforestation for agriculture and timber. [1] Currently occupying an area of up to 36 square kilometres, it is in continuing decline due to the loss of its habitat. [1]
The leaves are wrapped around fish before cooking in the littoral provinces of Cameroon. [4]
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