Macaranga mellifera

Botanical Description

Macaranga mellifera is a tree with ascending or spreading branches and a compact crown; it usually grows up to 18 metres tall, but can reach 30 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood. Macaranga mellifera is a widespread and common species in moist forest patches across its range. Many of these forest patches are protected in national parks or forest reserves, especially in Zimbabwe and Malawi, and are no under threat. But some moist forests in part of its range in northern Mozambique are under threat and not protected. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].