Baillonella toxisperma
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Baillonella toxisperma faces severe pressure from commercial logging operations targeting its valuable timber, which is highly prized for construction and furniture making. Agricultural expansion, particularly for cocoa and oil palm plantations, continues to fragment and destroy remaining forest habitat across its West and Central African range. The species' slow growth rate and limited regeneration capacity make recovery from harvesting pressure extremely difficult, while climate change threatens to alter the humid forest conditions essential for its survival.
Habitat
Baillonella toxisperma inhabits primary and secondary tropical rainforests across West and Central Africa, typically growing in humid lowland forests with well-drained soils. The species thrives in the dense canopy layer of evergreen forests, requiring consistent moisture and protection from direct sunlight during early growth stages.