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Collection Holdings native to Senegal:

Apiaceae

    Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

    • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
      • Strophanthus gratus - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Ceropegieae

      • Ceropegia aristolochioides - Senegal to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Pen.

      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

            Ceratophyllaceae

            • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

            Colchicaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Colchiceae

              • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

              Costaceae

              • Costus afer - Trop. Africa
              • Costus dubius - Trop. Africa
              • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

              Cyperaceae

                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                Tribe Cypereae

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

                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                Tribe Eleocharideae

                • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                Dioscoreaceae

                • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                Fabaceae

                  Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                  Tribe Detarieae

                  • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                  Lamiaceae

                    Subfamily Ajugoideae

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

                    Lentibulariaceae

                    • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                    Malvaceae

                      Subfamily Bombacoideae
                      Tribe Adansonieae

                      • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                      Subfamily Malvoideae
                      Tribe Gossypieae

                      • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                      Marantaceae

                      • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
                      • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                      Poaceae

                        Subfamily Oryzoideae
                        Tribe Oryzeae

                        • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                        Tribe Paniceae

                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                        • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                        Rhizophoraceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Rhizophoreae

                          • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                          Taccaceae

                          • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                          Vitaceae

                            Subfamily Leeoideae

                            • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                            Subfamily Vitoideae

                            • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 31 accessions native to Senegal

                            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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