Aeschynomene elaphroxylon(Guill. & Perr.) Taub.

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WFO wfo-0000173255 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. a Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-02-19 / obs. 32883877
Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, photographed by Mike Musgrave
fig. b Mike Musgrave, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49235118
Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. c Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32883860
Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, photographed by Mike Musgrave
fig. d Mike Musgrave, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49235096
Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. e Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32883870
Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, photographed by Mike Musgrave
fig. f Mike Musgrave, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49235109

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Aeschynomene elaphroxylon is native: Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia AngolaBeninBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaGabonGhanaKenyaMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaRwandaSenegalSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambia
Native distribution of Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Kenya KEN
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aedemone mirabilis Kotschy
  • Aedomone excelsa Kotschy
  • Aedomone humilis Kotschy
  • Aeschynomene tchadica A.Chev.
  • Aeschynomene tchadica Chev.
  • Herminiera elaphroxylon Guill. & Perr.
  • Smithia elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Baill.
  • Smithia grandidieri Baill.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.