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Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites

Protologue Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 408. 1864 [Dec 1864]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru.  Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 008.jpg

Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 013.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium decipiens--Kenya. Limuru. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard. 11 Jul 04. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 377.jpg

Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 377.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 384.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 390.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 393.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 387.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 385.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 388.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 375.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 376.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 379.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 389.jpg

Filicium descipiens--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 389.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Comoros, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zimbabwe; introduced into Bangladesh, Borneo, Fiji, Hawaii, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Samoa, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

March 15, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Buffalo City NU, Lowveld National Botanical Garden)

-33.016111, 27.808333

Location Remarks

City of Nelspruit

Collectors

No collectors specified

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

March 14, 2005

Location

South Africa

Location Remarks

Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Sapindaceae

Genus

Filicium

Specific Epithet

decipiens

Authorship

(Wight & Arn.) Thwaites

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

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

0.1

Global rank

#269,641 of 335,497

Top 81%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →