Kingdom Plantae Family Clusiaceae Scientific name Allanblackia gabonensis | Order Malpighiales Genus Allanblackia Rank Species | |
Similar Allanblackia, Allanblackia floribunda, Allanblackia stuhlmannii, Combretum molle, Clusiaceae | ||
Allanblackia gabonensis is a species of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae family. It is found in Cameroon and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
This tree is conspicuous for carpeting the forest floor with its pale lemon fallen flowers, each about 6 cm across. The largest part of its domain was once the Bamenda Highlands, where submontane forest is now confined to a few small parcels, the largest of which is at Bali-Ngemba. Forest in these highlands is still being lost: 25% of forest in one area disappeared in an eight-year period ending in 1995 (Moat in Cheek et al. 2000). Overall, more than 30% of the habitat of this species has probably disappeared over the last 100 years. Mount Kupe and the Bakossi Mountains are now probably the stronghold for A. gabonensis. Elsewhere the species occurs on several of the small hills dotted through the forest belt in South and Central Province, finally extending into the Crystal Mts of Gabon.