Phoenix reclinata Jacq.

First published in Fragm. 1: 27 (1858)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bermuda, Florida, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Flora of West Tropical Africa

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  • Fragm. 1: 27, t. 24 (1801)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Anh, T.T.P. & Henderson, A. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 13: 1-414. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
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  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Couvreur, T.L.P. & Sunderland, T.C.H. (2022). Flore du Cameroun 44: 1-138. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
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Flora of Somalia

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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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Flora of Tropical East Africa

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  • Becc. in Malesia 3: 349 (1890).
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  • Warb. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 130 (1895).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2018 Osborne, J. [JO1425] Mozambique K000569779 No
Jul 18, 2006 Frontier-Tanzania [1210] Tanzania K000209382 No
Jun 15, 2006 Bourobou, H.P.; Nzabi, T.; Rivera, P.; Duncan, T. [916] Gabon K000208972 No
Mar 31, 2004 Bayton, R.P.; AmadÚ OuÚdraogo; Paulin Ouoba [67] Burkina Faso K000521954 No
Feb 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7291 a] Cameroon K000025697 No
Jan 1, 2001 Barthelat, F.; M'Changama, M.; Sifary, A.B. [266] Comoros K000300297 No
May 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4596] Cameroon K000678186 No
Nov 13, 1998 s.coll. [s.n.] Botswana K:SPC-66835.000 No
Jan 25, 1996 Collenette, I.S. [6701] Saudi Arabia K000208712 No
Jan 1, 1995 Bernardi, L. [11792] Comoros K000300214 No
Jan 1, 1995 Bernardi, L. [11792] Comoros K000300215 No
Jan 1, 1995 Boivin, M. [3100] Comoros K000300212 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Baron, R. [6724] Madagascar K000300291 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Baron, R. [6724] Madagascar K000300290 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Baron, R. [4839] Madagascar K000300209 No
Jan 1, 1995 Boivin, M. [2289] Madagascar K000300211 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Baron, R. [4776] Madagascar K000300210 No
Jan 1, 1995 Beentje, H.J.; Andriampaniry, H.R. [4691] Madagascar K000300217 No
Jan 1, 1995 Humbert, H. [11298] Madagascar K000300213 No
Jan 1, 1995 Beentje, H.J.; Andriampaniry, H.R. [4692] Madagascar K000300216 No
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1184] Tanzania K000707157 No
Cheek, M.; Ephraim; Micheal; Lopes; Laidley [5937] Cameroon K001412717 Yes
Risopoulous [576] K001287184 No
Meikle, R.D. [973] Nigeria K:SPC-07114.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [7302] Saudi Arabia K000208709 No
Balde, A. [363] Guinea K001310304 Yes
Wild, H. [3109] Zimbabwe K:SPC-23577.000 No
Biegel, H.; Pope, G.V.; Russel, G. [4018] Botswana K000489232 No
Goyder, D.J.; et al. [3928] Tanzania K:SPC-63969.000 No
Heath, A. and R. [682] Botswana K000667347 No
Milne-Redhead, P.; Taylor [7320 A] Tanzania K:SPC-40547.000 No
Beentje, H.J.; Andriampaniry, H.R. [4691] Madagascar K:SPC-65070.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [1759] Yemen K000208711 No
Harley, R.M. [9177] Tanzania K:SPC-06449.000 No
Baron, R. [2319] Madagascar K000300289 Syntype Yes
Baron, R. [2319] Madagascar K000300286 Syntype Yes
Baron, R. [2319] Madagascar K000300287 Type Yes
Baron, R. [2319] Madagascar K000300288 Syntype Yes
Scott Elliot [7352] Uganda K000527443 No
Van Valkenburg; Sosef, M.S.M.; Versteegh, C.; Mayombo, J. [2504] Gabon K000209667 No
Biegel, H.; Pope, G.V.; Russel, G. [4018] Botswana K000489234 No
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3304] Madagascar K000697893 Type Yes
Biegel, H.; Muller, P.J.; Russel, G. [5042] Botswana K000489231 No
Jumelle, H. [s.n.] Madagascar K000300208 No
Biegel, H.; Pope, G.V.; Russel, G. [4018] Botswana K000489233 No

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