Pericopsis elata

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Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Magnoliopsida	Fabales	Leguminosae

Scientific Name:

Pericopsis elata (Harms) van Meeuwen

Common Name(s):

English

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African Teak, Afromosia, Afrormosia

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered A1cd ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Date Assessed:	1998-01-01
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor(s):	African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe, July 1996)
Previously published Red List assessments:	1998 – Not Threatened (nt) Download assessment

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:

A timber species, also known as Afrormosia, which provides an important alternative to teak. Found in Central and West Africa.

Countries occurrence:

Native:

Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Ghana; Nigeria

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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a gregarious species, restricted to the drier parts of semi-deciduous forests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Since 1948 trade in the timber has soared. Levels of exploitation have been unsustainable in all countries and the species' habitat has declined. Regeneration is insufficient to replace lost subpopulations.

Major Threat(s):

Since 1948 trade in the timber has soared. Levels of exploitation have been unsustainable in all countries and the species' habitat has declined. Regeneration is insufficient to replace lost subpopulations.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species is currently listed in CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

The species is currently listed in CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe, July 1996). 1998. Pericopsis elata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T33191A9759606. . Downloaded on 26 September 2017.
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