Milicia excelsa

Milicia excelsa
Milicia excelsa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Milicia
Species: M. excelsa
Binomial name
Milicia excelsa
(Welw.) C.C. Berg

Milicia excelsa is a tree species from tropical Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. It is threatened by habitat loss[1].

It is one of the species yielding iroko.

This tree relies on the Straw-coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum) for seed dispersal.[2]

References

  1. ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 2006. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/33903/all. Retrieved 2007-08-22. 
  2. ^ Taylor, D. A. R. et al. The role of the fruit bat, Eidolon helvum, in seed dispersal, survival, and germination in Milicia excelsa, a threatened West African hardwood. Northern Arizona University School of Forestry.

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