Loeseneriella africana(Willd.) R.Wilczek

WFO wfo-0000359980 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 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.

Loeseneriella africana, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. a Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2012-12-16 / obs. 161729037
Loeseneriella africana, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 161729046
Loeseneriella africana, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 161729053
Loeseneriella africana, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 161729058

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Native range 41 botanical countries

Regions where Loeseneriella africana is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaCameroonCaprivi StripCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweIndiaLaosMyanmarSri LankaThailand
Native distribution of Loeseneriella africana, 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
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Caprivi Strip CPV
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA

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 31 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.

  • Calypso africana (Willd.) G.Don
  • Hippocratea africana (Willd.) Loes. ex Engl.
  • Hippocratea africana var. richardiana (Cambess.) N.Robson
  • Hippocratea africana var. schimperiana (Hochst. & Steud.) Cufod.
  • Hippocratea cymosa De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Hippocratea cymosa var. lujae De Wild.
  • Hippocratea cymosa var. schweinfurthiana (Loes.) Loes.
  • Hippocratea cymosa var. togoensis Loes.
  • Hippocratea grandiflora Wall.
  • Hippocratea nitida Oberm.
  • Hippocratea obtusifolia Roxb.
  • Hippocratea obtusifolia sensu Oliv.
  • Hippocratea obtusifolia f. crassior Loes.
  • Hippocratea obtusifolia f. tenuior Loes.
  • Hippocratea obtusifolia var. eminiana Loes.
  • Hippocratea obtusifolia var. fischerana Loes.
  • Hippocratea obtusifolia var. richardiana (Cambess.) Loes.
  • Hippocratea obtusifolia var. schweinfurthiana Loes.
  • Hippocratea odorata De Wild.
  • Hippocratea richardiana Cambess.
  • Hippocratea rigida Hampe ex M.A.Lawson
  • Hippocratea schimperiana Hochst. & Steud.
  • Hippocratea tortuosa Wall.
  • Loeseneriella africana (Willd.) R.Wilczek ex N.Hallé

and 7 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. 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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