Sapindaceae
Blighia

Blighia unijugata Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 427 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davies, F.G. & Verdcourt, B. (1998). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Dodonaea: 1-108.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 154
  • Wilczek in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 21: 159, fig. 41.
  • in F.T.A. 1: 427 (1868)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 427 (1868).
  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 414, fig. (1994).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 507 (1961).
  • Exell in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 516, t. 104 (1966).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 336 (1952).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 224 (1962).
  • Fouilloy & Hallé in Fl. Cameroun 16: 186 (1973)
  • Fouilloy & Hallé in Fl. Gabon 23: 186, t. 43/8–15 (1973).
  • Haerdi in Acta Trop., suppl. 8: 123 (1964).
  • Hamilton, Field Guide Uganda For. Trees: 225, fig. 419 (1981).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 316 (1960).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 723 (1958).
  • R. Wilczek in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 21: 159, fig. 41 (1951)
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 302 (1983).
  • Vollesen in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 508, fig. 125.14 (1990).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2002 Thomas, D.W. [3071] Cameroon K000093371 No
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [563] Cameroon K000518280 No
Jan 1, 1986 Thomas, D.W. [5560] Cameroon K000093370 No
Jan 1, 1964 Gossweiler, J. [14263] Angola K000191831 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Gossweiler, J. [4469] Angola K001307601 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Kirk [s.n.] Malawi K000426406 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1955 Maitland, T.D. [389] Cameroon K000093377 No
Jan 1, 1955 Mildbraed, G., W. J. [10553] Cameroon K000093375 No
Jan 1, 1955 Fairchild, D. [1183] Cameroon K000093378 No
Jan 1, 1955 Maitland, T.D. [389] Cameroon K000093376 No
May 7, 1951 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000426407 Type Yes
May 7, 1951 Welwitsch [4519] Angola K000426401 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 7, 1951 Mann, G. [760] Cameroon K000093381 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 7, 1951 Mann, G. [760] Cameroon K000093380 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faulkner [3378] Tanzania K:SPC-30624.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [1406 & 1405] Angola K001307603 Yes
Hemp, A. [5341] Kenya K001600628 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25690] Nigeria K:SPC-15891.000 No
Pyne, C.T. [110 (b.)] Sierra Leone K:SPC-18829.000 No
Welwitsch [4517] Angola K000426408 Unknown Type Material Yes
Itoh, N.; Sakamaki, T. [NI 97-57] Tanzania K:SPC-72234.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [3353] Cameroon K000093367 No
Welwitsch [4520] Angola K000426404 Unknown Type Material Yes
Verschueren [742] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000426409 Unknown Type Material Yes
Verschueren [742] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000426410 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hughes, J. [246] Tanzania K:SPC-15554.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [3324] Cameroon K000093368 No
Nemba, J. [452] Cameroon K000093369 No
Timberlake, J. [4920] Mozambique K000545270 Yes
Patel, H. [7174] Mozambique K000545140 No
Welwitsch [4523] Angola K000426403 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gossweiler, J. [1405] Angola K001307602 Yes
Itoh, N.; Sakamaki, T. [NI 97-29] Tanzania K:SPC-72235.000 No
Welwitsch [4522] Angola K000426405 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch [4521] Angola K000426402 Unknown Type Material Yes
Daramola, B., O. [FHI 35581] Cameroon K000093372 No
Onochie, C.F.A.; Olorunfemi, J. [31544] Nigeria K:SPC-09833.000 No
Harris, C.M. [77] Uganda Phialodiscus unijugatus K:SPC-15897.000 No
Dalziel, J.M. [8288] Ghana Phialodiscus unijugatus K:SPC-16423.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0