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Collection Holdings native to Djibouti:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ruttya fruticosa - E. Tropical Africa

    Asparagaceae

      Subfamily Asparagoideae

      • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India

      Celastraceae

      • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

      Cyperaceae

        Subfamily Cyperoideae
        Tribe Cypereae

        • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.

        Ebenaceae

        • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

        Euphorbiaceae

          Subfamily Euphorbioideae
          Tribe Euphorbieae

          • Euphorbia abyssinica - E Sudan (Red Sea Hills), Eritrea, N Ethiopia, N Somalia

          Malvaceae

            Subfamily Bombacoideae
            Tribe Adansonieae

            • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

            Oleaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Oleeae

              • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

              Primulaceae

                Subfamily Maesoideae

                • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                Pteridaceae

                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                  • Actiniopteris semiflabellata - eastern tropical Africa, Arabia

                  Rubiaceae

                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                    Tribe Hedyotideae

                    • Pentas lanceolata - Ethiopia to Mozambique, Comoros, Arabian Pen.
                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 11 accessions native to Djibouti

                    W/C = Wild Collected
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