Native to Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo (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
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Olacaceae
Genus
Olax
Specific Epithet
subscorpioidea
Authorship
Oliv.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 12.6
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#80,753 of 335,497
Top 25%
Extinction probability
6%