Prunus africana--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. Rondo Retreat Ctr. 8 Jul 04. 039.jpg
Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)
-0.378611, 35.266389
Location Remarks
Gilgil on Hwy A1
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Specific Epithet
africana
Authorship
(Hook.fil.) Kalkman
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
4.5
Global rank
#3,889 of 335,497
Top 2%
Extinction probability
24%
