Lebruniodendron

Taxonomy

Lebruniodendron J.J.G. Léonard Bull. Jard. Bot. État 21: 420. t. 8. Dec 1951.

Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae.
Phylogenetic Number: 1.4.03.
Tribe: Detarieae.
Group: Cynometra.
Species Studied - Species in Genus: 1 studied; 1 in genus.

Description

Fruit: A legume; unilocular; 10–11 cm long; 3.5–4 cm wide; 0.5–0.7 cm thick; 2–9 times longer than wide; with deciduous androecial sheath; with deciduous corolla; with deciduous calyx; without orifice formed by curving of fruit or fruit segments; straight; not plicate; not twisted; asymmetrical; with 1 straight and 1 curved suture; widest near apex; not inflated; flattened; without beak; tapered at apex; aligned with longitudinal axis of fruit; tapered at base; aligned with longitudinal axis of fruit; with the apex and base uniform in texture; ligneous; seed chambers externally visible; margin not constricted; margin without sulcus; margin plain; wing(s) absent; with all layers dehiscing; splitting along suture(s). Dehiscence of valves along both sutures (?). Replum invisible. Epicarp dull; monochrome; dirty brown; with surface texture uniform; glabrous; eglandular; without spines; not smooth; with recessed features; not veined; not tuberculate; minutely punctate; not exfoliating; without cracks; without embedded tissue, much thicker than epicarp, running from base to apex. Mesocarp present; surface not veined; 2-layered; without balsamic vesicles; with fibers; without reniform canals; with fibers embedded in mealy tissue over solid layer; ligneous. Endocarp present; visible; dull; opaque; monochrome; dirty brown; without adhering pieces of testa; nonseptate; not exfoliating; remaining fused to mesocarp and epicarp; entire. Seed(s) 1; length oblique to fruit length. Funiculus 0.1–3 mm long; of 1 length only; thick; triangular. Aril absent.

Distribution

Gulf of Guinea.

Old World; Africa (Gulf of Guinea).

Tribal Notes

Tribe Detarieae

Bruneau et al. (2000) carried out extensive phylogenetic analyses of tribes Amherstieae and Detarieae. They concluded that they form a single monophyletic group. Therefore, they supported Polhill's (1995a, 1995b) decision to unite the two tribes.