Micrococca mercurialisBenth.

WFO wfo-0000242999 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

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.

Micrococca mercurialis, photographed by Emanuele Santarelli
fig. a Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-08 / obs. 188098406
Micrococca mercurialis, photographed by Emanuele Santarelli
fig. b Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188098481
Micrococca mercurialis, photographed by Emanuele Santarelli
fig. c Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188098370
Micrococca mercurialis, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. d Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47766387
Micrococca mercurialis, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. e Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47766392

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Native range 42 botanical countries

Regions where Micrococca mercurialis is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bangladesh, India, Laccadive Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, West Himalaya AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMauritaniaMozambiqueNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweSaudi ArabiaYemenBangladeshIndiaMalayaMyanmarSri LankaThailandWest Himalaya Laccadive Is.Maldives
Native distribution of Micrococca mercurialis, 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
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Bangladesh BAN ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Laccadive Is. LDV
Malaya MLY
Maldives MDV
Myanmar MYA
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
West Himalaya WHM
Saudi Arabia SAU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

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 6 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.

  • Claoxylon mercuriale (L.) Thwaites
  • Claoxylon mercurialis (L.) Thwaites
  • Mercurialis abyssinica Hochst. ex Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Mercurialis alternifolia Lam.
  • Microstachys mercurialis (L.) Dalzell & A.Gibson
  • Tragia mercurialis L.

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.