Samadera indicaGaertn.

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WFO wfo-0001140386 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 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.

Samadera indica, photographed by renjus box
fig. a renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-02-27 / obs. 72414184
Samadera indica, photographed by renjus box
fig. b renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72415999
Samadera indica, photographed by Rohit
fig. c Rohit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 51610397
Samadera indica, photographed by renjus box
fig. d renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72414215
Samadera indica, photographed by renjus box
fig. e renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72416077
Samadera indica, photographed by renjus box
fig. f renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72416143
Samadera indica, photographed by renjus box
fig. g renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74666958

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Samadera indica is native: Comoros, Madagascar, Tanzania, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Vietnam, Caroline Is., Vanuatu MadagascarTanzaniaBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaIndiaLaosMalayaMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraVietnam ComorosAndaman Is.Caroline Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Samadera indica, 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
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Vietnam VIE
Comoros COM AFRICA
Madagascar MDG
Tanzania TAN
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Vanuatu VAN

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 29 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.

  • Locandi glandulifera (C.Presl) Pierre
  • Locandi indica (Gaertn.) Kuntze
  • Locandi lucida (Wall.) Kuntze
  • Locandi madagascariensis (A.Juss.) Kuntze
  • Locandi mekongensis Pierre
  • Locandi merguensis Pierre
  • Locandi pendula (Blanco) Pierre
  • Manungala pendula Blanco
  • Niota commersonii Pers.
  • Niota lamarkiana Blume
  • Niota lucida Wall.
  • Niota pendula Sm.
  • Niota pentapetala Poir.
  • Niota tetrapetala Poir.
  • Quassia indica (Gaertn.) Noot.
  • Quassia indica var. lucida (Wall.) Blatt.
  • Quassia indica var. papuava Lauterb.
  • Samadera brevipetala Scheff.
  • Samadera glandulifera C.Presl
  • Samadera indica var. brevipetala (Scheff.) Backer
  • Samadera indica var. lucida (Wall.) Kurz
  • Samadera lucida (Wall.) Voigt
  • Samadera madagascariensis A.Juss.
  • Samadera mekongensis (Pierre) Engl.

and 5 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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol SAIN13. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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.