Strophanthus sarmentosusDC.

strophanthus

WFO wfo-0000317331 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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.

Strophanthus sarmentosus, photographed by Mattia Menchetti
fig. a Mattia Menchetti, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-09-06 / obs. 24437597
Strophanthus sarmentosus, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. b Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179305323
Strophanthus sarmentosus, photographed by Viken
fig. c Viken, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 13350035
Strophanthus sarmentosus, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. d Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179305360
Strophanthus sarmentosus, photographed by Mattia Menchetti
fig. e Mattia Menchetti, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24437716
Strophanthus sarmentosus, photographed by Viken
fig. f Viken, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 13350037
Strophanthus sarmentosus, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. g Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179305401
Strophanthus sarmentosus, photographed by Mattia Menchetti
fig. h Mattia Menchetti, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24440908

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Strophanthus sarmentosus is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda AngolaBeninBurkinaCabindaCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastLiberiaMaliMauritaniaNigerNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneTogoUganda
Native distribution of Strophanthus sarmentosus, 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
Burkina BKN
Cabinda CAB
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Liberia LBR
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA

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.

  • Strophanthus glabriflorus (Monach.) Monach.
  • Strophanthus laurifolius DC.
  • Strophanthus ogovensis Franch.
  • Strophanthus paroissei Franch.
  • Strophanthus pendulus Hook.
  • Strophanthus punctifer A.Chev.
  • Strophanthus sarmentosus var. sarmentosus
  • Strophanthus senegambiae A.DC.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. 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.