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Collection Holdings native to Gambia, The:

Araceae

    Subfamily Aroideae
    Tribe Pisteae

    • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

    Asparagaceae

      Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

      Bignoniaceae

        Subfamily
        Tribe Tecomeae

        • Spathodea campanulata - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

        Celastraceae

        • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

        Cyperaceae

          Subfamily Cyperoideae
          Tribe Cypereae

          • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

          Subfamily Cyperoideae
          Tribe Eleocharideae

          • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Lamiaceae

            Subfamily Ajugoideae

            • Clerodendrum thomsoniae - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

            Malvaceae

              Subfamily Bombacoideae
              Tribe Adansonieae

              • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

              Nymphaeaceae

              • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

              Poaceae

                Subfamily Oryzoideae
                Tribe Oryzeae

                • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                Subfamily Panicoideae
                Tribe Paniceae

                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                Taccaceae

                • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                Vitaceae

                  Subfamily Vitoideae

                  • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                  Zingiberaceae

                    Subfamily Alpinioideae
                    Tribe Alpinieae

                    • Aframomum melegueta - W. Trop. Africa to Angola W/C
                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 14 accessions native to Gambia, The

                    W/C = Wild Collected
                    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                    = images available for this accession
                    = map available for this accession
                    = accession added within past 90 days

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