Magnistipula multinervia

Description

Magnistipula multinervia is so rare that only four trees are known,growing in a remote area deep inside Korup National Park in Cameroon.Only four trees of Magnistipula multinervia are known.These stand in a remote part of Korup National Park which is sometimes visited by researchers,but to which tourists never go.Hunters from the villages surrounding the park sometimes also work in this area.The trees were found in a permanent plot of . ha established by Prof.D.M.Newbery of the Institute of Plant Sciences,University of Bern,as part of a study of the ecology and dynamics of this forest.In total , individual trees have been identified in and near this plot,but only four of them are specimens of M.multinervia,indicating that this tree is very rare.The name Magnistipula was given to the genus in 0.The two species then described have large stipules,leading to the name Magnistipula.The description of M.multinervia was published by Kew botanist Xander van der Burgt in 00.The specific epithet ( multinervia) is derived from the venation of the stipules,which have up to 0 parallel,longitudinal veins.