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Collection Holdings native to Gambia, The:

Araceae

    Subfamily Aroideae
    Tribe Pisteae

    • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

    Asparagaceae

      Subfamily Nolinoideae
      Tribe Dracaeneae

      • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

      Bignoniaceae

        Subfamily
        Tribe Tecomeae

        • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa
        • 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

            Menyanthaceae

            • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

            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 15 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

                  data regenerated on Fri, 20 Sep 2019 02:08:13 -0400

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