Fabaceae
Prioria

Prioria msoo (Harms) Breteler

First published in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 99(3): 35 (1999)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Tanzania. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32067/9672612

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Tree up to 30–40 m. high, with grey slightly flaky bark; young branchlets glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves glabrous; rhachis 4–14 cm. long (to 19 cm. in juvenile foliage); leaflets mostly 5–7, alternate, ovate-elliptic, elliptic or oblong, 4–14 cm. long, 1.7–7 cm. wide, ± acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Main and lateral axes of panicle shortly pubescent; spiciform branches 7–17.5 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 1.5–2.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 5–6 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits obovate-elliptic, 4–6 cm. long, 2.5–4 cm. wide, longitudinally veined, proximally winged; winged part rigid, up to ± 2.5 cm. long.
Figures
Fig. 26, p. 135.
Habitat
Ground-water forest; 640–1260 m.
Distribution
T2 not known elsewhere (but see note below)
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0