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Collection Holdings native to Gambia, The:

Araceae

    Subfamily Pisteae

    • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

    Asparagaceae

      Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

      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

          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
              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 12 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 Sun, 15 Jul 2018 10:30:17 -0400

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