Umbrella Tree (Maesopsis eminii)

Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Maesopsis eminii Engl.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Maesopsis eminii
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: Engl.
Common names: Umbrella Tree, musizi, umbrella-tree
Names in other languages (10)
Kayu Afrika, bofambu, korpinmarjapuu, mboka, muguruka, mutsambi tsambi, mézovec Eminov, ndelengonda, ndunga, ofambu
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Rosales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Maesopsis
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: eminii
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Maesopsis eminii
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 18:01.

Photo of Maesopsis eminii Engl. — Photo: Erwin Sieben · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:01.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 3 of 3 is a host of × is eaten by × has as a vector ×

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a host of 46 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Euproctis rubroguttata Erebidae	is a host of	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records Sevastopulo D. G., 1975, A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). vol 34 issue 309 pages 175–184 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2017 Context: no place published · no date published Collenette C. L. & Carpenter G. D. H., 1933, New species, and descriptions of larvae, of Lymantriidae from Uganda. vol 69 issue 834 pages 258–264; (835): 265–270 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2017 Context: no place published · no date published Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-… Published in globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS Context: East Africa · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Odontogama nigricans Lasiocampidae	is a host of	2	no location
2 sources · 3 records Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-… Published in globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS Record contexts (sample): Uganda · no date published; East Africa · no date published Sevastopulo D. G., 1976, A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). vol 35 issue 311 pages 94–100; (313) 177–195 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2017 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Citrus Looper Ascotis selenaria Geometridae	is a host of	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Sevastopulo D. G., 1977, A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). vol 36 issue 314 pages 45–50 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2017 Context: no place published · no date published Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-… Published in globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS Context: East Africa · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Neopolyptychus pygarga	is a host of	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Sevastopulo D. G., 1976, A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). vol 35 issue 311 pages 94–100; (313) 177–195 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2017 Context: no place published · no date published Carcasson R. H., 1968, Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. vol 26 issue 3 pages 1–148, pls 1–17 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2017 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is eaten by 33 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Pan troglodytes Hominidae	is eaten by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records Poulsen 2001 2002 primates Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Cameroon · no date published Newton-Fisher, N.E., 1999. The diet of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve; Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 37(3), pp.344-354. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Context: no place published · no date published · direct observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Pycnonotidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 2 records Cordeiro, N.J. and Patrick, D.A.G. and Munisi, B. and Gupta, V., 2004. Role of dispersal in the invasion of an exotic tree in an East African submontane forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 20(4), pp.449-457. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published · direct observation; no place published · no date published · germination tests A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Moustached Monkey Cercopithecus cephus Cercopithecidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Poulsen 2001 2002 primates Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Cameroon · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Euproctis rubroguttata Erebidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Edward Baker; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker; Steen Dupont; Vincent Smith; John S Noyes (2017). NHM Interactions Bank. https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767. Accessed at <https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/82e807f0-6273-4f19-be0a-7f7558442a25/resource/f84ad9f1-bd0c-4811… Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a vector 9 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Unknown Apidae	has as a vector	2	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes no name for this organism.
2 sources · 2 records Clark, CJ and Poulsen, JR and Parker, VT, 2001. The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1. Biotropica, 33(4), pp.606-620. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Context: no place published · no date published · feces Clark, CJ and Poulsen, JR and Connor, EF and Parker, VT, 2004. Fruiting trees as dispersal foci in a semi-deciduous tropical forest. Oecologia, 139(1), pp.66-75. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Context: no place published · no date published · direct observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis Cercopithecidae	has as a vector	1	no location
1 source · 2 records Cordeiro, N.J. and Patrick, D.A.G. and Munisi, B. and Gupta, V., 2004. Role of dispersal in the invasion of an exotic tree in an East African submontane forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 20(4), pp.449-457. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published · direct observation; no place published · no date published · germination tests A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Guereza Colobus guereza Cercopithecidae	has as a vector	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Fashing, P.J., 2001. Feeding ecology of guerezas in the Kakamega Forest; Kenya the importance of Moraceae fruit in their diet. International Journal of Primatology, 22(4), pp.579-609. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Context: no place published · no date published · direct observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pan troglodytes Hominidae	has as a vector	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Tweheyo, M. and Lye, K.A., 2003. Phenology of figs in Budongo forest Uganda and its importance for the chimpanzee diet. African Journal of Ecology, 41(4), pp.306-316. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Context: no place published · no date published · feces A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

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«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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