Native to Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo; introduced into Malaya, Sri Lanka (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

December 10, 2003

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Baphia

Specific Epithet

nitida

Authorship

G.Lodd.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 19.5

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#52,762 of 335,497

Top 16%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →