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Endemic to Maluku; introduced into Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Gulf of Guinea Is., Jawa, Laos, Mauritius, Philippines, Réunion, Samoa, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Magnoliales
Family
Myristicaceae
Genus
Myristica
Specific Epithet
fragrans
Authorship
Houtt.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#60,277 of 335,497
Top 18%
Extinction probability
17%
