Native to Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Madagascar, Vatovavy-Fitovinany
-21.331944, 47.673889
Location Remarks
About 7 km E of Ifandiana on National Route 45. Vegetation overhanging roadside along southern side of road. Degraded.
Collectors
Zachary Scott Rogers, H. Razafindraibe, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Peter B. Phillipson
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Celastrales
Family
Celastraceae
Genus
Salacia
Specific Epithet
madagascariensis
Authorship
(Lam.) DC.
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#206,488 of 335,497
Top 62%
Extinction probability
13%