Native to Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Kindeketa, W 2841

February 16, 2006

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga (Msogezi)

-8.619167, 36.725556

Location Remarks

Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.

Collectors

William J. Kindeketa, O.C. Nkawamba, Gabriel Simon Laizer, P. Ezrom, Sharon A. Bodine

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Dalbergia

Specific Epithet

melanoxylon

Authorship

Guill. & Perr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#100,441 of 335,497

Top 30%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →