Leea guineensisG.Don

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WFO wfo-0001145321 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Leea guineensis, photographed by Forest Botial-Jarvis
fig. a Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-03 / obs. 196113564
Leea guineensis, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190581471
Leea guineensis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. c Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183887920
Leea guineensis, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. d Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174093611
Leea guineensis, photographed by Wes Gapp
fig. e Wes Gapp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156792775
Leea guineensis, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104603929
Leea guineensis, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 105017495
Leea guineensis, photographed by agujaceratops
fig. h agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55164266

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Native range 49 botanical countries

Regions where Leea guineensis is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam AngolaBeninBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliNigeriaRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalNew GuineaSolomon Is.SulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam ComorosMauritiusRéunionAndaman Is.
Native distribution of Leea guineensis, 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
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Comoros COM
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Gabon GAB
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
Nigeria NGA
Réunion REU
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Solomon Is. SOL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

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 33 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.

  • Leea acuminata Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Leea arborea Bojer
  • Leea aurantiaca Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Leea bipinnata Boivin
  • Leea bulusanensis Elmer
  • Leea coccinea Bojer
  • Leea euphlebia Merr.
  • Leea guineensis f. comoriensis Desc.
  • Leea guineensis f. longifoliolata Desc.
  • Leea guineensis f. monticola Desc.
  • Leea guineensis f. orientalis Desc.
  • Leea guineensis f. spiculata Desc.
  • Leea guineensis f. truncata Desc.
  • Leea laeta Wall.
  • Leea lucida Linden ex Hook.
  • Leea luzonensis Elmer
  • Leea maculata Desf.
  • Leea negrosense Elmer
  • Leea negrosensis Elmer
  • Leea palawanensis Elmer
  • Leea pallidifolia Kaneh.
  • Leea papillosa Merr.
  • Leea parva Elmer
  • Leea parvifolia Merr.

and 9 more.

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol LEGU2. public domain. 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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