Boscia senegalensisLam.

Senegal boscia

WFO wfo-0000569567 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.

Boscia senegalensis, photographed by Philipp
fig. a Philipp, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-20 / obs. 183759616
Boscia senegalensis, photographed by Philipp
fig. b Philipp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183770693
Boscia senegalensis, photographed by Philipp
fig. c Philipp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183770867
Boscia senegalensis, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. d Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113190990
Boscia senegalensis, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. e Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113191220
Boscia senegalensis, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. f Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113191203

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Boscia senegalensis is native: Algeria, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Western Sahara AlgeriaBurkinaCameroonCentral African RepublicChadEritreaEthiopiaGuineaKenyaMaliMauritaniaMoroccoNigerSenegalSudan-South SudanWestern Sahara
Native distribution of Boscia senegalensis, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Guinea GUI
Kenya KEN
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Niger NGR
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Western Sahara WSA

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 5 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.

  • Boscia firma Radlk.
  • Boscia hypoglauca Gilg
  • Boscia octandra Hochst. ex Radlk.
  • Boscia octandra var. firma (Radlk.) Fiori
  • Podoria senegalensis (Lam.) Pers.

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.

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