Editing Englerophytum paludosum

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! colspan="2" style="background: #e8e8e8;" | Englerophytum paludosum
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! Scientific name
| ''Englerophytum paludosum'' <sup id="cite_ref-1">[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup>
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! Genus
| [[Englerophytum]]
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! Family
| [[Sapotaceae]]
|-
! Order
| [[Ericales]] <sup id="cite_ref-2">[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>
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! Native range
| Southern Nigeria to central [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|D.R. Congo]], including Cameroon and Gabon <sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-3">[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>
|-
! Habitat
| Swamp and periodically inundated forests <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>
|-
! Recorded size
| Up to 20 m tall; up to 54 cm DBH <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>
|-
! Fruit
| Ellipsoid to ovoid; 25–28 × 15–19 × 11–18 mm when dry; one or two seeds <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>
|}

''Englerophytum paludosum'' is an accepted African tree in the Sapotaceae. It is recorded from southern Nigeria through Cameroon and Gabon to central D.R. Congo, where it occurs in swamp and periodically inundated forests. <sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== Description ==

This medium-sized tree has white latex, occasional small aerial roots, and occasional small red pneumatophores. The species was described in a 2016 Candollea treatment of five new ''Englerophytum'' species. <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-4">[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup>

The recorded fruits are ellipsoid to ovoid and densely puberulous when dry. Dry fruits measure 25–28 × 15–19 × 11–18 mm and contain one or two seeds. <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== Cultivation ==

=== Soil and water ===

The documented habitat is swamp and periodically inundated forest. A habitat-based starting point is moisture-retentive soil with enough aeration to prevent stagnant conditions around cultivated roots; a dry-site irrigation regime would not reproduce the species' recorded setting. Exact soil texture, acidity, and tolerance of prolonged saturation remain to be determined in cultivation. <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

=== Sun and humidity ===

Forest habitat provides the ecological reference: begin with humid, sheltered conditions rather than assuming that an exposed, dry position will suit the species. The field record does not establish a cultivated light requirement, so open-sun tolerance should not be treated as a species fact. <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

=== Seasonal changes ===

The species is associated with periodically inundated forests. As a habitat-based inference, avoid imposing a long, severe dry rest; instead, keep moisture available during warm growth while maintaining airflow and avoiding stagnant container water. The timing of flowering and fruiting through the wet and drier seasons has not been established. <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== Propagation ==

Each recorded fruit contains one or two seeds, making fresh seed the directly documented starting material for propagation. The fruit record does not establish a germination method, seed-storage life, transplant response, or asexual propagation technique; those should not be inferred from other Sapotaceae. <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== Flowering, fruiting, and harvest ==

The available fruit record describes ellipsoid to ovoid fruits that are densely puberulous when dry and measure 25–28 × 15–19 × 11–18 mm in that state. These measurements describe dried material, not a field ripeness index. A reliable flowering calendar, bearing age, yield pattern, and harvest cue remain unresolved for cultivated plants. <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== Fruit and uses ==

The fruits are recorded as edible and much appreciated in D.R. Congo, an observation attributed to the Leontovitch 27 collection record. That regional use observation does not establish a flavor profile, food-safety status, toxicity threshold, nutritional benefit, or medicinal effect. <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== References ==

* <span id="cite_note-1"></span>[[#cite_ref-1|↑]] '''[1]''' [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77159925-1 ''Englerophytum paludosum'' | Plants of the World Online].

* <span id="cite_note-2"></span>[[#cite_ref-2|↑]] '''[2]''' [https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?name=Englerophytum%20paludosum GBIF species match and accepted taxon record for ''Englerophytum paludosum''].

* <span id="cite_note-3"></span>[[#cite_ref-3|↑]] '''[3]''' [http://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/03A487F10744FFB96CDCFEE16670BD10/1 Gautier, L.; Lachenaud, O.; van der Burgt, X.; Kenfack, D. (2016), ''Five new species of Englerophytum K. Krause (Sapotaceae) from central Africa'', ''Candollea'' 71(2): 287–305; species treatment for ''Englerophytum paludosum''].

* <span id="cite_note-4"></span>[[#cite_ref-4|↑]] '''[4]''' [https://zenodo.org/records/5756571 Open repository record for ''Five new species of Englerophytum K. Krause (Sapotaceae) from central Africa''].

[[Category:Sapotaceae]]
[[Category:Englerophytum]]