Gossweilerodendron joveri

Taxobox
name = Gossweilerodendron joveri
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Caesalpinioideae
tribus = Detarieae
genus = "Gossweilerodendron"
species = "G. joveri"
binomial = "Gossweilerodendron joveri"
binomial_authority = Aubrev.

"Gossweilerodendron joveri" is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Angola, Cameroon, and Gabon, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.International Legume Database & Information Service: [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~883&genus~Gossweilerodendron&species~joveri "Gossweilerodendron joveri"] ] Cheek, M. (2004). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/45879/all "Gossweilerodendron joveri"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] ]

It is a large tree, with resinous bark. The leaves are pinnate, with 4–5 alternately-arranged leaflets 8 cm long and 2.5 cm broad. The flowers are small, with four (rarely five) white sepals 2 mm long and no petals; they are produced in panicles. The pod superficially resembles a maple samara with a single seed at one end, with the rest of the pod modified into a wing.Flore du Cameroun: [http://www.orleans.ird.fr/UR_US/biodival/us84/pdf/caesalpiniaceae/gossweilerodendron.pdf "Gossweilerodendron" (pdf file; in French)] ] Watson, L., & Dallwitz, M. J. (2005). The Genera of Leguminosae: [http://delta-intkey.com/caes/en/www/gossweil.htm "Gossweilerodendron"] ]

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