Markhamia zanzibarica(Bojer ex DC.) K.Schum.

WFO wfo-0000779057 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 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.

Markhamia zanzibarica, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. a Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-03-11 / obs. 116392406
Markhamia zanzibarica, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. b Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116392471
Markhamia zanzibarica, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. c Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116392504
Markhamia zanzibarica, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. d rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202902422
Markhamia zanzibarica, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. e rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202902549

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Markhamia zanzibarica is native: Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCaprivi StripDR CongoKenyaMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesSomaliaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Markhamia zanzibarica, 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
Botswana BOT
Caprivi Strip CPV
DR Congo ZAI
Kenya KEN
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Somalia SOM
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.

  • Dolichandrone hirsuta Baker
  • Dolichandrone latifolia Baker
  • Dolichandrone stenocarpa Baker
  • Markhamia acuminata (Klotzsch) K.Schum.
  • Markhamia puberula (Klotzsch) K.Schum.
  • Markhamia stenocarpa (Baker) K.Schum.
  • Muenteria puberula Seem.
  • Muenteria stenocarpa Seem.
  • Muenteria zanzibarica (Bojer ex DC.) Seem.
  • Spathodea acuminata Klotzsch
  • Spathodea puberula Klotzsch
  • Spathodea stenocarpa Welw.
  • Spathodea tenuifolia Bojer
  • Spathodea zanzibarica Bojer ex DC.

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.