Solenostemma oleifolium(Nectoux) Bullock & E.A.Bruce ex Maire

WFO wfo-0000431013 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

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.

Solenostemma oleifolium, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. a Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-12-05 / obs. 81427732
Solenostemma oleifolium, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. b Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30092363
Solenostemma oleifolium, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. c Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75433279
Solenostemma oleifolium, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. d Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 81427432
Solenostemma oleifolium, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. e Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178226683
Solenostemma oleifolium, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. f Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34752482
Solenostemma oleifolium, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. g Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178226724
Solenostemma oleifolium, photographed by ajott
fig. h ajott, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111585477

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Solenostemma oleifolium is native: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Niger, Sudan-South Sudan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai AlgeriaChadEgyptLibyaMaliNigerSudan-South SudanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinai
Native distribution of Solenostemma oleifolium, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Chad CHA
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Mali MLI
Niger NGR
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Palestine PAL ASIA-TEMPERATE
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN

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.

  • Argelia delilii Decne.
  • Cynanchum argel Delile
  • Cynanchum oleifolium Nectoux
  • Solenostemma arghel (Delile) Hayne

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.