Native to Angola, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Galápagos, Jawa, Yemen (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

July 11, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kiambu, Limuru (Brackenhurst Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

July 12, 2004

Location

Ethiopia, Southern Nations, Sidma

7.098611, 36.640833

Location Remarks

South of Shashemene and east of Wondo Genet, near Wabe Shebelle Hotel. Degraded forest fragment near the hotel

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Calpurnia

Specific Epithet

aurea

Authorship

(Aiton) Benth.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#322,385 of 335,497

Top 97%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →