Sapindaceae
Blighia

Blighia unijugata Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 427 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Davies, F.G. & Verdcourt, B. (1998). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Dodonaea: 1-108.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 154
  • Wilczek in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 21: 159, fig. 41.
  • in F.T.A. 1: 427 (1868)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 427 (1868).
  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 414, fig. (1994).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 507 (1961).
  • Exell in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 516, t. 104 (1966).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 336 (1952).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 224 (1962).
  • Fouilloy & Hallé in Fl. Cameroun 16: 186 (1973)
  • Fouilloy & Hallé in Fl. Gabon 23: 186, t. 43/8–15 (1973).
  • Haerdi in Acta Trop., suppl. 8: 123 (1964).
  • Hamilton, Field Guide Uganda For. Trees: 225, fig. 419 (1981).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 316 (1960).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 723 (1958).
  • R. Wilczek in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 21: 159, fig. 41 (1951)
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 302 (1983).
  • Vollesen in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 508, fig. 125.14 (1990).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2002 Thomas, D.W. [3071], Cameroon K000093371 No
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [563], Cameroon K000518280 No
Jan 1, 1986 Thomas, D.W. [5560], Cameroon K000093370 No
Jan 1, 1964 Kirk [s.n.], Malawi K000426406 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1955 Maitland, T.D. [389], Cameroon K000093376 No
Jan 1, 1955 Fairchild, D. [1183], Cameroon K000093378 No
Jan 1, 1955 Maitland, T.D. [389], Cameroon K000093377 No
Jan 1, 1955 Mildbraed, G. W. J. [10553], Cameroon K000093375 No
May 7, 1951 Mann, G. [760], Cameroon K000093381 Yes
May 7, 1951 Kirk, J. [s.n.], Malawi K000426407 Unknown type material Yes
May 7, 1951 Welwitsch [4519], Angola K000426401 Yes
Hughes, J. [246], Tanzania 15554.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [25690], Nigeria 15891.000 No
Pyne, C.T. [110 (b.)], Sierra Leone 18829.000 No
Faulkner [3378], Tanzania 30624.000 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [31544], Nigeria 9833.000 No
Itoh, N. [NI 97-57], Tanzania 72234.000 No
Itoh, N. [NI 97-29], Tanzania 72235.000 No
Mann, G. [760], Cameroon K000093380 Yes
Welwitsch [4520], Angola K000426404 Yes
Verschueren [742], Congo, DRC K000426409 Yes
Patel, H. [7174], Mozambique K000545140 No
Nemba, J. [452], Cameroon K000093369 No
Welwitsch [4523], Angola K000426403 Yes
Welwitsch [4522], Angola K000426405 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [3353], Cameroon K000093367 No
Daramola, B. O. [FHI 35581], Cameroon K000093372 No
Welwitsch [4517], Angola K000426408 Yes
Welwitsch [4521], Angola K000426402 Yes
Verschueren [742], Congo, DRC K000426410 Yes
Timberlake, J. [4920], Mozambique K000545270 No
Thomas, D.W. [3324], Cameroon K000093368 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8098], Zambia Phialodiscus unijugatus 15557.000 No
Harris, C.M. [77], Uganda Phialodiscus unijugatus 15897.000 No
Dalziel, J.M. [8288], Ghana Phialodiscus unijugatus 16423.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0