Cassipourea gummiflua, WKindeketa2981--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 215.jpg
Native to Angola, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Seychelles (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Tanzania, Mbeya, Rungwe
-9.035833, 33.569722
Location Remarks
Mporoto Ridge; beginning of access road to Ngozi Crater, in lower montane forest. 2015 m elev.
Collectors
William J. Kindeketa, Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 11 m.
Location
South Africa
Location Remarks
Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
-33.016111, 27.808333
Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Rhizophoraceae
Genus
Cassipourea
Specific Epithet
gummiflua
Authorship
Tul.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#250,118 of 335,497
Top 75%
Extinction probability
5%
