Harungana madagascariensisLam. ex Poir.

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WFO wfo-0000716096 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Harungana madagascariensis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-03-03 / obs. 115640323
Harungana madagascariensis, photographed by Josip Skejo
fig. b Josip Skejo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73906129
Harungana madagascariensis, photographed by Stuart Cable
fig. c Stuart Cable, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 14027528
Harungana madagascariensis, photographed by Stuart Cable
fig. d Stuart Cable, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2509135
Harungana madagascariensis, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. e Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / obs. 158081509
Harungana madagascariensis, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. f Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 18548905
Harungana madagascariensis, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. g Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174924714
Harungana madagascariensis, photographed by Stuart Cable
fig. h Stuart Cable, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 13286276

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Harungana madagascariensis is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBeninBurkinaBurundiCabindaCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliMozambiqueNigeriaRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe Mauritius
Native distribution of Harungana madagascariensis, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cabinda CAB
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

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 14 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.

  • Arungana paniculata Pers.
  • Haemocarpus paniculatus (Pers.) Spreng.
  • Haronga madagascariensis (Lam. ex Poir.) Choisy
  • Haronga madagascariensis var. pubescens (Poir.) Choisy
  • Haronga ovata Thouars
  • Haronga paniculata (Pers.) Lodd. ex Steud.
  • Haronga paniculata f. oblongifolia Engl.
  • Haronga paniculata var. oblongifolia (Engl.) De Wild.
  • Haronga pubescens (Poir.) Steud.
  • Harongana paniculata (Pers.) Lodd. ex Steud.
  • Harungana paniculata Pers.
  • Harungana pubescens Poir.
  • Harungana robynsii Spirlet
  • Psorospermum leonense Turcz.

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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