Anacardiaceae
Sclerocarya

Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst.

First published in Flora 27(Bes. Beil.): 1 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Tanzania. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kokwaro, J.O. (1986). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Anacardiaceae: 1-59.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Beentje, H. J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi.
  • Coates Palgrave, K. (2002). Trees of Southern Africa, 3rd Edition. Struik, Cape Town, Johannesburg.
  • Kokwaro, J. O. (1986). Anacardiaceae. In: Flora of Tropical East Africa, ed. R. M. Polhill. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • Sacande, M., Sanou, L. & Beentje, H. J. (2012). Guide de Terrain des Arbres de Burkina Faso. Kew Publishing, Kew.
  • Wickens, G. E. (1995). Potential Edible Nuts/Edible Nuts (Non-wood Forest Products 5). Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome.
  • Wyk, B-E. van, Oudtshoorn, B. van & Gericke, N. (1997). Medicinal Plants of South Africa. Briza, Pretoria.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 157.
  • F.T.A. 1: 449
  • in Flora 27, Bes. Beil. 1 (1844)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kokwaro, J.O. (1986). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Anacardiaceae: 1-59.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 467 (1958).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 30, fig. 6 (1961).
  • Engl., A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien III, 5: 152 (1892).
  • Exell & Mendonça in Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 130 (1954).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 351, fig. 131 (1952)
  • Hochst. in Flora 27, Bes. Beil.: 1 (1844).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 38 (1949).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 729, fig. 199 (1958).
  • Oliv. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 449 (1868).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 14, fig. 3 (1952).
  • van der Veken in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 67 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1980 Ern, H. [2420] Togo K000452136 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Ern, H. [2427] Togo K000452137 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Ern, H. [3084] Togo K000452135 Yes
Mar 1, 1969 Virgo, K.J. [15] Nigeria K000452133 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Morton, J.K. [4223] Ghana K000452128 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A588] Sudan K004156139 Yes
Ethiopia K000423409 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wickens, G.E. [356] Sudan K004156127 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [18] Tanzania K004156228 Yes
{Mr. A. F. Brown; Mrs. A. F. Brown} [917SGH] Sudan K004156142 Yes
de Winter, B.; Giess, J.W.H. [4033] Namibia K004156400 Yes
Aylmer, G. [310] Sudan K004156131 Yes
Schimper [1575] Ethiopia K000423408 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heudelot, D. [1828] Senegal K000423407 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillet, J.B. [14868] Ethiopia K004156151 Yes
Kitson, A. [649] Ghana K000452130 Yes
Ijomah, F.O. [FHI26467] Nigeria K004156115 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7738] Sudan K004156135 Yes
Ward, C.J.; Ward, J.D.; Seely, M.K. [10413] Namibia K004156397 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1888] South Sudan K004156145 Yes
Sihronen, J. [130] Burkina Faso K000452126 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [30439] South Africa K004156375 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [4218] Tanzania K004156230 Yes
Kitson, A. [653] Ghana K000452129 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1327] South Sudan K004156144 Yes
Ash, J. [1599] Ethiopia K:SPC-34534.000 No
[C. E. Muriel] [L/152] South Sudan K004156132 Yes
[A. Horoun] [s.n.] South Sudan K004156141 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [29950] South Africa K004156371 Yes
de Winter, B. [4235] Namibia K004156394 Yes
Labat, J.N.; Barthelat, F.; Lesur, D. [3329] Mayotte K004156326 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D. [8583] Ethiopia K004156152 Yes
Leippert [6217] Tanzania K004156229 Yes
Beccari, O. [21] Ethiopia K004156155 Yes
Tutin, C.E.G. [22] Senegal K000452125 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [23352] Nigeria K000452132 Yes
Turton, D.A. [98] Ethiopia K004156153 Yes
Ash, J. (Mrs.) [1599] Ethiopia K004156154 Yes
Lely, H.V. [P139] Nigeria K004156112 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1294] Sudan K004156126 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5499] Namibia K004156395 Yes
Kitson, A. [839] Ghana K000452131 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [3291] Tanzania K004156233 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [374] Sudan K004156128 Yes
s.coll. [6693] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004156123 Yes
Holtz [1064] Tanzania K000423403 Unknown Type Material Yes
Archbold, N.E. [890] Tanzania K004156232 Yes
Balkwill, K.; Balkwill, M.; Goyder, D.; Paton, A. [10884] South Africa K004156396 Yes
Malaisse [6693] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004156122 Yes
Hoyle, A.C. [602] Sudan K:SPC-09847.000 No
s.coll. [4233] Chad K004156121 Yes
Schimper [610] Ethiopia K000423410 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [1207] Mali K000452124 Yes
Birnbaum; Philippe [776] Mali K004156118 Yes
Paiva, J.; Silveira, P. [s.n.] Mozambique K004156257 Yes
Espirito Santo, J. [2504] Guinea-Bissau K000452123 Yes
Brown, H.M.; [A. S. Brown] [1291] Sudan K004156130 Yes
[Harden] [616] Ethiopia K004156157 Yes
Kitson, A. [841] Ghana K004156119 Yes
Wit, P.; Gbile, Z.O.; Daramola, B.O. [51168] Nigeria K000452134 Yes
[C. E. Muriel] [L/50] Sudan K004156133 Yes
Beccari, O. [20] Ethiopia K004156156 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [4331] Burkina Faso K000452127 Yes
Liben, L. [3843] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004156124 Yes
Menezes, A.; Henriques, C. [88] Angola K004156258 Yes
Rogers [30439] South Africa K004156374 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [2352] Oman K004156111 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [120] Ghana K000452138 No
Men [22120] South Africa K004156372 Yes
Muriel, C.E. [S84] South Sudan K004156143 Yes
Gilman, E.C.V. [3] Nigeria K004156116 Yes
Rogers [30439] South Africa K004156373 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [2354] Oman K004156110 Yes
Francis, D. [82] Sudan K004156129 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [223] Nigeria K004156117 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A2038] South Sudan K004156137 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [5443] Kenya K:SPC-11487.000 No
Willan, R.L. [531] Tanzania K004156227 No
Irvine, F.R. [4610] Ghana K004156120 Yes
Hall, J.B. [384] Niger K004156113 Yes
Latilo; Okeke; Odewo [FHI69387] Nigeria K004156114 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7738] Sudan K004156134 Yes
Barthelat, F.; Gomel, C.; Ali Sifari, B. [737] Mayotte K004156327 Yes
Giess, W. [9531] Namibia K004156399 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A666] Sudan K004156138 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [68] Tanzania K004156231 No
Leippert, H. [5257] Kenya K004156175 Yes
de Winter, B. [3627] Namibia K004156398 Yes
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [10309] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004156125 Yes

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