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Lovoa trichilioides

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA SAPINDALES MELIACEAE

Scientific Name: Lovoa trichilioides
Species Authority: Harms
Common Name/s:
English – African Walnut, Congowood, Tigerwood

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3
Year Published: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe, July 1996)
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History:
1997 – Not Threatened (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Angola (Angola); Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Gabon; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: African walnut or dibetou occurs in evergreen and deciduous forest, generally in moist sites. Regeneration occurs only in canopy gaps.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Germination success is somewhat limited by short-lived seeds which are heavily predated. Exploitation rates are high. It is one of the two principal timber species in Congo.
Citation: African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe, July 1996) 1998. Lovoa trichilioides. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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