Securidaca longepedunculataFresen.

WFO wfo-0000503535 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 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.

Securidaca longepedunculata, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-03-07 / obs. 115642973
Securidaca longepedunculata, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. b i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1315038
Securidaca longepedunculata, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. c i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165744638
Securidaca longepedunculata, photographed by M Kriek
fig. d M Kriek, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 141016224
Securidaca longepedunculata, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. e Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115642982
Securidaca longepedunculata, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. f i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1315040
Securidaca longepedunculata, photographed by Benjamin Fredlund
fig. g Benjamin Fredlund, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108782066
Securidaca longepedunculata, photographed by Benjamin Fredlund
fig. h Benjamin Fredlund, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108782074

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Securidaca longepedunculata is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCaprivi StripCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoEthiopiaGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Securidaca longepedunculata, 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
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Caprivi Strip CPV
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
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

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 8 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.

  • Elsota longipedunculata (Fresen.) Kuntze
  • Lophostylis angustifolia Hochst.
  • Lophostylis oblongifolia Hochst.
  • Lophostylis pallida Klotzsch
  • Securidaca angustifolia Miq.
  • Securidaca longepedunculata var. longepedunculata
  • Securidaca oblongifolia Benth. & Hook.f. ex Harv. & Sond.
  • Securidaca spinosa Sim

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.