Elaeis guineensis--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 146.jpg
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Elaeis guineensis--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 002.jpg
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Elaeis guineensis--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 6 Dec 03. 002.jpg
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Native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda; introduced into Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Burkina, Burundi, Caroline Is., Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Haiti, Madagascar, Malaya, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Costa Rica, San José (Vázquez de Coronado Canton, Dulce Nombre de Jesús)
10.136111, -83.971944
Location Remarks
Puntar Los Charcos de Osa
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Cameroon, Southwest
3.950278, 9.238333
Location Remarks
Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Arecales
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Elaeis
Specific Epithet
guineensis
Authorship
Jacq.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#130,853 of 335,497
Top 40%
Extinction probability
5%
