Native to 56 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and Pacific; introduced into Fiji, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Wallis-Futuna Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ghana, Central
5.416667, 1.316667
Location Remarks
Kakum National Park, reached via Jukwa Rd., 33 km north of Cape Coast. Moist evergreen rainforest.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Antiaris
Specific Epithet
toxicaria
Authorship
(Pers.) Lesch.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 20.6
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.0
Global rank
#39,333 of 335,497
Top 12%
Extinction probability
6%