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Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China Southeast, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Philippines, Suriname (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Gabon, Moyen-Ogooue
0.81275, 10.500333
Location Remarks
Mabounie. Off route N1, ca. 41 km ESE of Lambarene, then left (c. N) at Lobi-Mbigou. Mine access road about half way to the river Ngounie (GPS is from the road terminus at the river). 92 m elev.
Collectors
Miguel E. Leal, Diosdado Nguema, Etienne Mounoumoulossi, Prance Bissiemou, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Liana with brown veined white, flowers and green immature pod.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Abrus
Specific Epithet
fruticulosus
Authorship
Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 14.9
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.1
Global rank
#36,644 of 335,497
Top 11%
Extinction probability
10%
