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IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Berlinia korupensis

Berlinia korupensis is a species of tree up to 42 m (138 ft) tall and 88 cm (35 in) diameter, belonging to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to the Korup National Park in Cameroon, West Africa. Having produced large, delicate white flowers reminiscent of a Bauhinia, the species' seed pods can grow to be 30 cm long. Seed dispersal is explosive with the opposing halves of the pods tightening as they dry until suddenly they split...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 879081.