Dacryodes puberula
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Dacryodes puberula faces significant pressure from deforestation and habitat fragmentation across its West African range, particularly in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Agricultural expansion and logging activities have reduced the species' lowland forest habitat, while selective harvesting for timber and traditional uses has directly impacted mature trees. Climate change poses an additional threat through altered precipitation patterns that may affect the species' reproductive cycles and forest ecosystem stability.
Habitat
Dacryodes puberula inhabits lowland tropical rainforests of West and Central Africa, typically occurring in primary and mature secondary forests at elevations below 800 meters. The species thrives in humid forest environments with well-drained soils and is often found along forest edges and in gallery forests near water sources.