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Plants
Common Name	Range ***
Acacia spp. (7)	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia
Acanthopale decempedalis	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
Achyranthes talbotii	Cameroon, Nigeria
Acioa spp. (3)	Cameroon, Nigeria
Adenopodia rotundifolia	Somalia, Tanzania
Aerisilvaea sylvestris	Tanzania
African Mahogany (5)	Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indian Ocean (Comoros), Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African Pearwood	Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of Congo
African Pine	Liberia
African Teak	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ghana, Nigeria, Republic of Congo
African Walnut	Angola, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda
Afrocarpus spp. (3)	Kenya, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Uganda
Afrofittonia silvestris	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
Afrostyrax lepidophyllus	Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana
Afrothismia spp. (2)	Cameroon, Nigeria
Afzelia	Africa
Albizia spp. (4)	Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Uganda
Algerian Silver Fir	Algeria
Allanblackia spp. (3)	Cameroon, Gabon, Tanzania
Allexis spp. (2)	Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria
Allophylus spp. (5)	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Aloe spp. (8)	Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Alsodeiopsis schumannii	Tanzania
Amanoa spp. (2)	Angola, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Amorphophallus preussii	Cameroon
Amphiblemma amoenum	Cameroon
Ancistrocladus letestui	Cameroon, Gabon
Aneilema silvaticum	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Nigeria
Angraecopsis spp. (2)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Angraecum spp. (2)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria
Angylocalyx spp. (2)	Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania
Anisophyllea spp.	Sao Tome and Principe
Annickia kummeriae	Tanzania
Anopyxis klaineana	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Sudan
Anthocleista spp. (2)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe
Anthonotha spp. (5)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Antimima eendornensis	Namibia
Antrocaryon	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda
Aoranthe penduliflora	Tanzania
Apa	Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Uganda
Arbutus pavarii	Libya
Aristogeitonia monophylla	Kenya, Tanzania
Asteropeia spp. (7)	Madagascar
Asystasia glandulifera	Cameroon
Aubregrinia taiensis	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Autranella congolensis	Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of Congo
Azobe	Africa
Badula spp. (3)	Mauritius
Bafodeya benna	Guinea, Sierra Leone
Baikiaea ghesquiereana	Tanzania
Balthasaria mannii	Sao Tome and Principe
Baphia spp. (12)	Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia
Barbel Palm	Indian Ocean (Mauritius - Reunion Island)
Barleria spp.	Mauritius
Bartholina etheliae	Namibia
Bauhinia spp. (3)	Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania
Beautiful Leaf	Madagascar
Begonia spp. (10)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Nigeria
Beilschmiedia spp. (8)	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Belonophora spp. (2)	Cameroon, Nigeria
Berlinia spp. (4)	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania
Bersama spp. (2)	Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Bertiera pauloi	Tanzania
Bidens mannii	Cameroon
Black Hyedua	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria
Bois De Chenilles	Mauritius
Borneo Teak	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Oceanic
Boswellia spp.	Ethiopia
Boutiquea platypetala	Cameroon
Brachystegia spp. (4)	Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia
Brachystephanus spp. (4)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria
Brazzeia longipedicellata	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Bread Palm (54)	Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, South Africa (Eastern Cape Province), Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Brillantaisia lancifolia	Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria
Brown Mahogany	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Brucea macrocarpa	Kenya
Bryopteris gaudichaudii	Indian Ocean (Reunion), Madagascar
Bulbophyllum spp. (8)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria
Bully Tree	Cape Verde, Portugal, Spain
Bussea spp. (2)	Mozambique, Tanzania
Buxus spp. (2)	Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania
Cafe Marron Tree	Mauritius (Rodrigues Islands)
Calochone acuminata	Angola, Cameroon, Gabon
Calodendrum eickii	Tanzania
Calpocalyx spp. (7)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria
Calycosiphonia macrochlamys	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Ghana
Campnosperma spp.	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Camptolepis ramiflora	Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
Campylospermum spp. (2)	Cameroon, Tanzania
Canarium spp.	Mauritius
Canthium spp. (8)	Kenya, Tanzania
Cape Cedar	South Africa
Cape Star-chestnut	South Africa
Carum foetidum	Algeria, Spain
Casearia spp. (3)	Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Cassia spp. (3)	Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Cassipourea spp. (6)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia
Caudalejeunea grolleana	Madagascar
Cephalosphaera usambarensis	Kenya, Tanzania
Chassalia spp. (4)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Nigeria, Tanzania
Chazaliella obanensis	Cameroon, Nigeria
Cheesewood	Tanzania
Chlorophytum spp.	Cameroon
Chrysophyllum spp.	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Chytranthus obliquinervis	Kenya, Tanzania
Cineraria longipes	South Africa
Citropsis gabunensis	Ghana
Cladolejeunea aberrans	Tanzania
Claoxylon linostachys	Mauritius
Cleistopholis staudtii	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Nigeria
Clerodendrum spp.	Cameroon, Gabon
Cliffortia arborea	South Africa
Coffea spp. (10)	Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania, Togo
Colea spp. (2)	Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Mauritius
Colpodium spp. (2)	Kenya, Tanzania
Combretum spp. (3)	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania
Commiphora spp. (3)	Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Conophytum halenbergense	Namibia
Copaifera spp.	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Coralberry (4)	Cameroon
Cordia spp. (4)	Africa
Cordyla spp. (2)	Madagascar, Sudan, Uganda
Craibia atlantica	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria
Crassocephalum bauchiense	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
Crateranthus talbotii	Cameroon, Nigeria
Craterispermum spp. (3)	Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Cromidon pusillum	Namibia
Crotalaria spp. (3)	Cameroon, Nigeria
Crotonogyne spp. (3)	Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria
Crudia spp.	Cameroon
Cryptosepalum spp. (2)	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Cussonia spp. (2)	Ghana, South Africa
Cuviera spp. (4)	Cameroon, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania
Cyathula fernando-poensis	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Cylicomorpha solmsii	Cameroon
Cylindrocline commersonii	Mauritius
Cynometra spp. (9)	Kenya, Tanzania
Cyperus spp. (2)	Cameroon
Dacryodes spp.	Cameroon, Gabon
Dactyladenia spp. (5)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana
Dahlgrenodendron natalense	South Africa
Dasylepis integra	Kenya, Tanzania
Deinbollia spp. (6)	Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Delonix spp. (4)	Madagascar
Delosperma spp. (2)	South Africa
Delpydora macrophylla	Gabon
Deschampsia angusta	Kenya, Uganda
Desmostachys vogelii	Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria
Dialium spp. (2)	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda
Diaphananthe spp. (2)	Cameroon
Dichapetalum spp.	Sao Tome and Principe
Dicliptera spp.	Cameroon, Central African Republic
Dicoma pretoriensis	South Africa
Dicraeopetalum spp. (3)	Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Somalia
Dicranolepis polygaloides	Cameroon
Dielsantha galeopsoides	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
Dillenia spp.	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Diospyros spp. (22)	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda
Diphasiopsis fadenii	Kenya
Dipsacus narcisseanus	Cameroon
Dirachma spp.	Somalia
Discoclaoxylon occidentale	Sao Tome and Principe
Disperis spp. (3)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
Dombeya spp. (4)	Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Tanzania
Dorstenia spp. (2)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
Double Coconut	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Dovyalis xanthocarpa	Tanzania
Dragon Tree (5)	Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal (Madeira), Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Spain (Canary Islands), Sudan, Uganda
Drypetes spp. (14)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Liberia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Tanzania
Duguetia spp.	Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria
Dypsis Palm (49)	Indian Ocean (Comoros), Madagascar, Tanzania
East Indian Satinwood	India, Madagascar, Sri Lanka
Ehretia spp. (2)	Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Elaeocarpus spp. (2)	Mauritius
Elephantorrhiza rangei	Namibia
Embelia upembensis	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Zambia
Englerodendron usambarense	Tanzania
Entandrophragma spp. (4)	Africa
Eriocaulon spp. (3)	Cameroon, Nigeria
Eriospermum halenbergense	Namibia
Erythrina spp. (5)	Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania
Erythrococca columnaris	Sao Tome and Principe
Erythroxylum spp. (2)	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Eugenia spp. (9)	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa
Eulophia spp.	South Africa
Euphorbia spp. (108)	Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of Congo, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Euryops mucosus	Namibia
Eurypetalum unijugum	Cameroon
Excoecaria benthamiana	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Fagara spp.	Cote d'Ivoire
Fairy Elephant's Feet	South Africa
Fernandoa lutea	Tanzania
Fig Tree (5)	Indian Ocean (Reunion), Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania
Fleurydora felicis	Guinea
Floscopa mannii	Cameroon, Nigeria
Forest Bismarckia	Madagascar
Forest Coconut	Madagascar
Fringe Tree	Zambia
Gaertnera spp. (3)	Mauritius
Garcinia spp. (8)	Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania
Gardenia spp.	Kenya, Tanzania
Gastonia spp. (4)	Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Mauritius
Gastrodia spp.	Cameroon
Gazania thermalis	Namibia
Genyorchis spp. (3)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Giant Windowpane Palm	Madagascar
Gigasiphon macrosiphon	Kenya, Tanzania
Gilbertiodendron spp. (5)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Gilletiodendron glandulosum	Mali
Gladiolus pole-evansii	South Africa
Glionnetia sericea	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Gluema ivorensis	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana
Golden Pagoda	South Africa
Gossweilerodendron spp. (2)	Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of Congo
Grandidier's Baobab	Madagascar
Grewia spp. (2)	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Grisollea thomassetii	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Grossera elongata	Sao Tome and Principe
Guarea spp. (3)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Uganda
Guibourtia schliebenii	Mozambique, Tanzania
Gymnosporia bachmannii	South Africa
Gymnostemon zaizou	Cote d'Ivoire
Habenaria spp. (6)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa
Hallea spp. (2)	Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia
Hamilcoa zenkeri	Cameroon
Hannoa kitombetombe	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Haplormosia monophylla	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Helichrysum spp.	Cameroon
Hemandradenia chevalieri	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Heritiera spp.	Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Hernandia spp.	Indian Ocean (Reunion), Mauritius
Hexalobus salicifolius	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire
Hibiscus spp.	Mauritius
Hildegardia spp.	Somalia
Hirtella spp.	Tanzania
Holmskioldia gigas	Kenya, Tanzania
Homalium spp. (6)	Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast (Africa), Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania
Hoplestigma pierreanum	Cameroon
Hugonia spp. (2)	Cameroon, Gabon
Hunteria ghanensis	Ghana
Hymenocoleus glaber	Cameroon
Hymenostegia spp. (4)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria
Hyophorbe spp. (5)	Indian Ocean (Reunion), Mauritius
Hypolytrum spp. (2)	Cameroon
Hypseochloa cameroonensis	Cameroon
Indigofera spp.	Ethiopia
Isoberlinia scheffleri	Tanzania
Isolona spp. (4)	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tanzania
Jeheb Nut	Ethiopia, Somalia
Jellyfish Tree	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Jensenobotrya lossowiana	Namibia
Jewelweed (4)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Jollydora spp. (2)	Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria
Julbernardia magnistipulata	Kenya, Tanzania
Juttadinteria kovisimontana	Namibia
Keetia spp. (3)	Cameroon, Tanzania
Khadia beswickii	South Africa
Kniphofia reflexa	Cameroon
Kola Nut (22)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda
Kona Palm	Madagascar
Korupodendron songweanum	Cameroon
Kotschya platyphylla	Tanzania
Kraussia spp.	Kenya, Tanzania
Kupea martinetugei	Cameroon
Lagynias pallidiflora	Kenya, Tanzania
Lasianthus spp. (3)	Tanzania
Lasiodiscus rozeirae	Sao Tome and Principe
Latania spp. (3)	Mauritius
Leafflower (4)	Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritius
Lecaniodiscus punctatus	Cameroon, Ghana
Lecomtedoxa nogo	Gabon
Ledermaniella keayi	Cameroon
Ledermanniella spp. (3)	Cameroon
Leptactina papyrophloea	Tanzania
Leptolaena spp. (6)	Madagascar
Lettowianthus stellatus	Kenya, Tanzania
Leucoperichaetium eremophilum	Namibia
Lijndenia spp. (2)	Tanzania
Liparis spp.	Cameroon, Nigeria
Lithops spp. (4)	Namibia
Livistona spp.	Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen
Lobelia spp.	Namibia
Loesenera spp. (2)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria
Macaranga spp. (4)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Tanzania
Macropodiella pellucida	Cameroon
Madagascar Palmyra Palm	Madagascar
Maerua elegans	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Magnistipula spp. (2)	Cameroon, Gabon
Maillardia pendula	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Majesty Palm (15)	Indian Ocean (Comoros), Madagascar
Malleastrum leroyi	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Mammea spp.	Tanzania
Manilkara Tree	South Africa
Manniella cypripedioides	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Mapania ferruginea	Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe
Marantochloa mildbraedii	Cameroon, Gabon
Marojejya spp. (2)	Madagascar
Masoala madagascariensis	Madagascar
Maytenus spp. (3)	Ethiopia, South Africa
Medusandra richardsiana	Cameroon
Melanophylla spp. (5)	Madagascar
Melolobium subspicatum	South Africa
Memecylon spp. (6)	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Uganda
Mesogyne insignis	Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Micrococca scariosa	Kenya, Tanzania
Mikaniopsis spp. (2)	Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Uganda
Mildbraedia carpinifolia	Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania
Milicia regia	Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal
Milkwood	Indian Ocean (Mauritius - Reunion Island)
Millettia spp. (19)	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
Millionaire's Salad	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Mimetes arboreus	South Africa
Mimusops spp. (4)	Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Tanzania
Mitrostigma barteri	Cameroon
Mkilua fragrans	Kenya, Tanzania
Mlanje Cedar	Malawi
Momordica enneaphylla	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon
Monadenium spp. (2)	Tanzania
Monocyclanthus vignei	Ghana, Liberia
Monodora unwinii	Nigeria
Monopetalanthus spp. (3)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Monotes lutambensis	Tanzania
Morella arborea	Equatorial Guinea
Morinda asteroscepa	Malawi, Tanzania
Moringa arborea	Kenya
Multidentia spp. (2)	Kenya, Tanzania
Nakedwood	South Africa (Eastern Cape Province)
Namibia cinerea	Namibia
Napoleonaea spp. (3)	Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria
Natal Grass Cycad	Mozambique, South Africa
Natal Wing-nut	South Africa
Nauclea spp.	Africa
Neckeropsis pocsii	Indian Ocean (Comoros)
Neoharmsia spp. (2)	Madagascar
Neohemsleya usambarensis	Tanzania
Neolemonniera clitandrifolia	Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Neoschumannia kamerunensis	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire
Neostenanthera hamata	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Nesogordonia papaverifera	Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone
Newtonia spp. (2)	Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania
Nodonema lineatum	Cameroon, Nigeria
Northia hornei	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Nothospondias staudtii	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria
Nubian Desert Palm	Egypt, Sudan
Ochrosia spp.	Indian Ocean (Reunion), Mauritius
Ocotea spp. (3)	Africa
Octoknema orientalis	Tanzania
Okoume	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo
Olax psittacorum	Indian Ocean (Mauritius - Reunion Island)
Olea chimanimani	Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Oncoba lophocarpa	Cameroon
Orania spp. (2)	Madagascar
Oreille de Souris	Mauritius
Oricia lecomteana	Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria
Ormocarpopsis spp. (5)	Madagascar
Ormocarpum spp.	Cameroon, Gabon
Ossiculum aurantiacum	Cameroon
Ouratea spp. (3)	Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Oxyanthus spp. (2)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Oxygyne triandra	Cameroon
Oxystigma msoo	Kenya, Tanzania
Palisota preussiana	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Pandanus spp. (13)	Gabon, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe
Paranecepsia alchorneifolia	Mozambique, Tanzania
Pararistolochia spp. (3)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Pauridiantha spp. (3)	Cameroon, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
Pavetta spp. (16)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
Pentas ledermannii	Cameroon, Nigeria
Pepper Vine	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Perrier's Baobab	Madagascar
Peucedanum spp. (2)	Cameroon
Philippia nyassana	Malawi
Phylloxylon spp. (7)	Madagascar
Pierreodendron kerstingii	Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo
Pilea spp. (3)	Mauritius
Piptostigma spp. (4)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria
Pisonia spp.	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Placodiscus spp. (9)	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Plagiosiphon longitubus	Cameroon
Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis	Tanzania
Plectranthus spp. (3)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia
Pleioceras orientale	Mozambique
Podocarpus spp. (4)	Africa
Polyceratocarpus scheffleri	Tanzania
Polyscias spp. (8)	Indian Ocean (Reunion), Kenya, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe
Polysphaeria macrantha	Tanzania
Polystachya spp. (7)	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe
Pom Pom Protea	South Africa (Western Cape Province)
Pondoland Palm	South Africa
Pongamiopsis spp. (2)	Madagascar
Populus spp.	Africa
Poupartia spp. (2)	Mauritius
Pouteria Tree	Africa
Premna spp. (5)	Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania
Protea spp. (3)	South Africa
Prunus spp.	Africa
Pseudagrostistachys africana	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe
Pseuderanthemum spp.	Cameroon, Nigeria
Pseudosabicea spp. (3)	Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria
Pseudosalacia streyi	South Africa
Psiadia cataractae	Mauritius
Psychotria spp. (20)	Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Psydrax spp. (4)	Cameroon, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania
Pteleopsis habeensis	Ghana, Mali, Nigeria
Pterygota spp. (2)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Pycnocoma spp. (2)	Kenya, Tanzania
Pyrenacantha cordicula	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana
Quassia sanguinea	Cameroon, Nigeria
Radiator Plant	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Rapanea spp. (2)	Indian Ocean (Seychelles), South Africa
Raphia Palm	Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of Congo
Rawsonia burtt-davyi	Malawi
Red Lemur Palm	Madagascar
Renauldia lycopodioides	Tanzania
Rhabdotosperma ledermannii	Cameroon, Nigeria
Rhaphidophora pusilla	Cameroon, Gabon
Rhaptopetalum spp. (3)	Cameroon, Gabon
Rhipidantha chlorantha	Tanzania
Rhodognaphalon breviscupe	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone
Rhus spp.	Tanzania
Rhynchocalyx lawsonioides	South Africa
Riccia spp.	South Africa
Rinorea spp. (3)	Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe
Robynsia glabrata	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria
Rosewood (42)	Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania
Rothmannia spp. (3)	Cameroon, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Tanzania
Ruschianthus falcatus	Namibia
Rushfoil (6)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Rutidea nigerica	Benin, Cameroon, Nigeria
Rytigynia spp. (8)	Kenya, Tanzania
Sabicea spp.	Cameroon, Nigeria
Saharan Cypress	Algeria, Morocco
Sakoanala madagascariensis	Madagascar
Salacia spp. (3)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Republic of Congo
Sambirano Palmyra Palm	Madagascar
Sapium spp. (2)	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania
Sarcolaena spp. (5)	Madagascar
Sarcophrynium villosum	Cameroon, Gabon
Saxicolella marginalis	Cameroon, Nigeria
Scaphopetalum parvifolium	Nigeria
Schumanniophyton problematicum	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Sierra Leone
Schwantesia constanceae	Namibia
Scleria afroreflexa	Cameroon
Sclerocarya gillettii	Kenya
Sclerochiton preussii	Cameroon, Nigeria
Secamone spp.	Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Rwanda, Uganda
Senecio spp.	Mauritius
Sericanthe toupetou	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Shea Butter Tree	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda
Sibangea pleioneura	Tanzania
Silene spp.	Cameroon
Silver tree	South Africa
Sorindeia calantha	Kenya, Tanzania
Soulamea terminalioides	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Soyauxia talbotii	Nigeria
Spathandra barteri	Ghana
St. John's-wort	Ethiopia
Staudtia pterocarpa	Sao Tome and Principe
Staurogyne spp.	Cameroon
Stelechantha arcuata	Cameroon
Sterculia schliebenii	Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania
Strychnos spp. (4)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Stuhlmannia moavi	Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania
Suarez Baobab	Madagascar
Suregada lithoxyla	Tanzania
Swartzia spp.	Angola, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Republic of Congo
Symbiezidium madagascariensis	Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Madagascar
Synsepalum spp. (6)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Syzygium spp. (3)	Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Mauritius, South Africa
Takhtajania perrieri	Madagascar
Talbotiella spp. (2)	Ghana, Nigeria
Tambourissa spp. (2)	Indian Ocean (Mauritius), Mauritius
Tannodia swynnertonii	Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Tapinanthus spp. (2)	Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria
Tapiphyllum schliebenii	Tanzania
Tapura spp. (5)	Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Republic of Congo
Tarenna spp. (3)	Kenya, Tanzania
Teclea carpopunctifera	Cote d'Ivoire
Tectiphiala ferox	Mauritius
Temnocalyx nodulosus	Tanzania
Tephrosia spp.	South Africa
Terminalia spp. (2)	Africa
Ternstroemia spp.	Cameroon, Malawi, Tanzania
Tessmannia densiflora	Tanzania
Testulea gabonensis	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo
Tetrataxis salicifolia	Mauritius
Tetrorchidium spp.	Tanzania
Thecacoris annobonae	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Tieghemella spp. (2)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone
Tiliacora lehmbachii	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Toussaintia orientalis	Kenya
Trachyandra spp. (2)	Namibia, South Africa
Tricalysia spp. (9)	Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
Trichilia spp. (2)	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Tanzania
Trichocladus goetzei	Malawi, Tanzania
Trichoscypha spp. (3)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria
Trichostachys interrupta	Cameroon, Nigeria
Triclisia spp. (2)	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone
Trilepisium gymnandrum	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Tropical Pitcher Plant (3)	Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Madagascar
Turraea spp. (2)	Cote d'Ivoire, Tanzania
Turraeanthus africanus	Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda
Tylecodon spp. (2)	Namibia
Tylophora urceolata	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Tanzania
Umbrella Tree (4)	Africa
Umtiza listeriana	South Africa
Uvariastrum zenkeri	Cameroon, Nigeria
Uvariodendron spp. (8)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania
Uvariopsis spp. (4)	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania
Vangueria bicolor	Tanzania
Vangueriopsis longiflora	Tanzania
Vateriopsis seychellarum	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Vaughania cloiselii	Madagascar
Vepris spp. (8)	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania
Vernonia spp.	Cameroon, Nigeria
Vincentella densiflora	Sao Tome and Principe
Vismia spp.	Tanzania
Vitellariopsis spp. (3)	Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Vitex spp. (5)	Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania
Warburgia spp. (3)	Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Warneckea spp. (2)	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria
Water-willow (3)	Cameroon, Nigeria
Weinmannia spp.	Indian Ocean (Mauritius - Reunion Island)
West Indian Jasmine (5)	Cameroon, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Nigeria, Tanzania
White Afzelia	Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of Congo
Whitfieldia preussii	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Willowmore Cedar	South Africa
Xanthocercis spp. (2)	Gabon, Madagascar
Xylopia spp. (7)	Cameroon, Ghana, Indian Ocean (Reunion), Mauritius, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Yellow Sterculia	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Zanthoxylum spp. (7)	Africa
Zebrawood (2)	Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo
Zenkerella spp. (2)	Tanzania
Zimmermannia spp. (4)	Kenya, Tanzania
Ziziphus spp.	Kenya, Tanzania
Zornia vaughaniana	Mauritius
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***What plants are listed here?:

The Africa section of this site lists the folllowing plants appearing on select endangered species lists:

• Plants that dwell in or migrate to any nation or region found on the African continent.
• Plants dwelling in or that travel to the Mediterranean Sea and any islands located in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Plants dwelling in or that migrate to Madagascar and nearby islands (to the southwest of India or east of Madagascar).
• Plants dwelling in or that migrate to North Atlantic islands off the western coast of Africa.

In some cases, the creatures listed in this section may also be found on other continents or in other areas, which is why you may see additional areas noted in the range column.

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