Leptolobium araguaiense
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Leptolobium araguaiense faces severe pressure from agricultural expansion and cattle ranching across the Brazilian Cerrado, where its specialized habitat requirements make it particularly vulnerable to land conversion. Deforestation rates in the Araguaia River basin have accelerated due to soybean cultivation and infrastructure development, fragmenting the remaining populations of this endemic legume tree.
Habitat
This endemic Brazilian tree species inhabits gallery forests and riparian woodlands along the Araguaia River system in the Cerrado biome. It requires well-drained soils near seasonal watercourses and depends on the natural fire cycles that maintain the open woodland structure of its native habitat.