Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 4:411. 1819
Verified:
07/05/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
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- Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
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- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
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- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
desert-rose – impala-lily – mock azalea – French
baobab chacal – faux baobab – lis des impalas – pied d'éléphant – rose du désert – German
gewöhnliche Wüstenrose – Portuguese
baobá-exótica – djindje-pété – rosa-do-deserto – Swahili
mdagu – mdaguwande – mwanja – Swedish
ökenros –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Cultivated
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Guinea, Senegal
Asia-Tropical
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 |
Medicines | folklore | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
Non-vertebrate poisons | livestock pest control | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- |
Vertebrate poisons | fish | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1446.
Accessed 20 September 2024.