Omphalocarpum elatumMiers

WFO wfo-0000255599 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 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.

Omphalocarpum elatum, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-11 / obs. 184053833
Omphalocarpum elatum, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. b Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184053884
Omphalocarpum elatum, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. c Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184053865
Omphalocarpum elatum, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. d Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184053870
Omphalocarpum elatum, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. e Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184053923
Omphalocarpum elatum, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. f Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184053946
Omphalocarpum elatum, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. g Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184053988
Omphalocarpum elatum, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. h Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184053960

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Accession
K000339752
Filed as
Omphalocarpum elatum Miers
Det. by
Harvey, Y.B.
Collected
Thomas, D.W. 1993-11-09
Origin
CM
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Omphalocarpum elatum is native: Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone CabindaCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonGhanaGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastLiberiaNigeriaSierra Leone
Native distribution of Omphalocarpum elatum, 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
Cabinda CAB AFRICA
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Liberia LBR
Nigeria NGA
Sierra Leone SIE

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 4 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.

  • Omphalocarpum anocentrum Pierre
  • Omphalocarpum radlkoferi Baill.
  • Omphalocarpum radlkoferi var. pluriloculare Engl.
  • Omphalocarpum trillesianum Pierre

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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