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Uvariopsis korupensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae[2][3] endemic to Cameroon.[1]

Uvariopsis korupensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Uvariopsis
Species:	U. korupensis
Binomial name
Uvariopsis korupensis Gereau & Kenfack [2]

Description

This shrub or small tree is of a height of 6 to 15 m, with a trunk of up to 14 cm in diameter.[1] Young branches slightly velvet. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, oblong-oblanceolate, 30–52 cm long, 9-14 cm broad. The inflorescence is fasciculate and the (cauliflorous) monoecious flowers are borne on a wooden collar at the base of the trunk (which sometimes extends up to 3.8 m from the base). Flowers orange and cream-coloured.[2] Stigma glabrous, sessile. Fruit ellipsoid-cylindrical, 3–6 cm long, 1.8–3 cm thick. Seeds ellipsoid-oblong, 10–22 mm by 5–8 mm.[4]

Distribution

Endemic to Cameroon, the species grows in the south-west region on Mounts Cameroon, Korup, Bakossi and Takamanda.[1] The plant grows in lowland evergreen forest in hilly terrain at an altitude of between 50 and 1,000 metres on wet soils.[1][4]

Threats

Uvariopsis korupensis is threatened by deforestation for agriculture and timber.[1] Currently occupying an area of up to 36 square kilometres, it is in continuing decline due to the loss of its habitat.[1]

Uses

The leaves are wrapped around fish before cooking in the littoral provinces of Cameroon.[4]

See also

• Korup National Park

References

External links

• (in French) Gereau, R.E. & David Kenfack, D. (2000) « Le genre Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) en Afrique tropicale, avec la description d’une espèce nouvelle du Cameroun » Adansonia, sér. 3 22(1):39-43
• (in French) Onana, J-M. (2013) Synopsis des espèces végétales vasculaires endémiques et rares du Cameroun : check-liste pour la gestion durable et la conservation de la biodiversité,Yaoundé. Ministère de la Recherche scientifique et de l'Innovation, coll. « Flore du Cameroun » (no 40) p. 71
• Onana, J-M.& Cheek, M. (2011) 'Uvariopsis korupensis Gereau & Kenfack', in "Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon: IUCN Global Assessments". p. 82. ISBN 9781842464298, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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