Dacryodes multijuga
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Dacryodes multijuga 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 tree species.
Habitat
Dacryodes multijuga inhabits primary and secondary tropical rainforests across West and Central Africa, typically occurring in humid lowland and submontane forests up to 1,200 meters elevation. The species requires well-drained soils and consistent moisture levels, often found in gallery forests along riverbanks and in areas with high annual rainfall exceeding 1,500mm.