Leptaspis zeylanicaNees ex Steud.

WFO wfo-0000877787 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Leptaspis zeylanica, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. a Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / 2016-06-10 / obs. 170843365
Leptaspis zeylanica, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. b Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / obs. 170843322
Leptaspis zeylanica, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. c Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / obs. 170843077
Leptaspis zeylanica, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. d Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / obs. 170843130
Leptaspis zeylanica, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. e Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / obs. 170843201
Leptaspis zeylanica, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. f Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / obs. 170843265

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Leptaspis zeylanica is native: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera AngolaCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoEthiopiaGabonGhanaGuineaGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaLiberiaMadagascarMozambiqueNigeriaSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZimbabweJawaMalayaNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumatera Comoros
Native distribution of Leptaspis zeylanica, 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
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Comoros COM
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zimbabwe ZIM
Jawa JAW ASIA-TROPICAL
Malaya MLY
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM

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 3 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.

  • Leptaspis cochleata Thwaites
  • Leptaspis comorensis A.Camus
  • Leptaspis conchifera Hack.

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. 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.