Milicia excelsa

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

View Printer Friendly

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	URTICALES	MORACEAE

Scientific Name:	Milicia excelsa
Species Authority:	(Welw.) C.C. Berg

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

History:

1997

–

Not Threatened (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Iroko, common and widely distributed throughout tropical Africa.
Countries:	Native: Angola; Benin; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea (Bioko); Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tomé and Principe (Sâo Tomé); Sierra Leone; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zimbabwe
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	A common species. Trees are often left standing after land clearance and natural regeneration is good in open places.

Population:

A common species. Trees are often left standing after land clearance and natural regeneration is good in open places.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Found in different forest types.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Suffers from heavy exploitation. East Africa was once a major source of the timber, which was used as a teak substitute until supplies became short. West Africa continues to export large quantities of it. Some subpopulations suffer from gall attacks, especially in plantations, and its seed loses viability quickly.

Major Threat(s):

Suffers from heavy exploitation. East Africa was once a major source of the timber, which was used as a teak substitute until supplies became short. West Africa continues to export large quantities of it. Some subpopulations suffer from gall attacks, especially in plantations, and its seed loses viability quickly.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Milicia excelsa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2012.
Disclaimer:	To make use of this information, please check the <Terms of Use>.
Feedback:	If you see any errors or have any questions or suggestions on what is shown on this page, please fill in the feedback form so that we can correct or extend the information provided