Dacryodes expansa
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Dacryodes expansa faces severe pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion across its West and Central African range. Logging operations target both the species directly for its valuable timber and indirectly through habitat destruction of primary rainforest ecosystems. The conversion of forest lands to palm oil plantations and subsistence agriculture has fragmented remaining populations, while climate change threatens to alter the humid conditions essential for this moisture-dependent canopy species.
Habitat
Dacryodes expansa inhabits primary and secondary tropical rainforests across West and Central Africa, typically occurring in the upper canopy of humid lowland forests. The species requires high moisture levels and is commonly found in areas with annual rainfall exceeding 1,500mm, often growing alongside other Burseraceae family members in dense forest ecosystems.
