Ceylon boxwood
Psydrax dicoccos
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Psydrax dicoccos faces significant pressure from agricultural expansion and urban development across its limited range in eastern Africa. Habitat fragmentation has isolated remaining populations, reducing genetic diversity and limiting natural regeneration. Overgrazing by livestock in remaining forest patches further degrades the understory vegetation where this species typically establishes.
Habitat
This species occurs in montane forests and forest margins at elevations between 1,200-2,400 meters in eastern Africa. It typically grows in the understory of moist evergreen forests and along forest edges where it benefits from partial shade and well-drained soils.
Other threatened species in Rubiaceae
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