Calodendrum eickii

taxobox
name = " Calodendrum eickii "
status = CR
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Rutaceae
genus = "Calodendrum"
species = "C. eickii"
binomial = " Calodendrum "
binomial_authority = Engl.|

"Calodendrum eickii" is a rare forest tree from Tanzaniawhich is closely related to the widely cultivated "Calodendrum capense" (Cape Chestnut).

The tree is endemic to montane "Juniperus" forest in the West Usambara Mountains where it is under threat from expansion of commercial pine plantations and agricultural development.

References

* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/34794/sum IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: "Calodendrum eickii"]