Alyxia latilimba
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Alyxia latilimba faces severe pressure from deforestation and habitat conversion across its limited range in the Philippines. The species' restriction to lowland and montane forests makes it particularly vulnerable to logging operations and agricultural expansion. Mining activities and infrastructure development further fragment its already restricted habitat, while climate change threatens to alter the forest ecosystems upon which this endemic vine depends.
Habitat
This endemic Philippine species inhabits primary and secondary lowland forests, extending into montane forest zones up to moderate elevations. It typically grows as a climbing vine in the forest understory and canopy edges of tropical rainforest ecosystems.