Funtumia elastica--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 146.jpg
Native to Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda; introduced into China South-Central, Cuba, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences 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
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
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Funtumia
Specific Epithet
elastica
Authorship
(Preuss) Stapf
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#321,939 of 335,497
Top 96%
Extinction probability
5%
