Terminalia sericeaBurch. ex DC.

clusterleaf

WFO wfo-0000408491 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Terminalia sericea, photographed by Caroline Voget
fig. a Caroline Voget, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-17 / obs. 200713385
Terminalia sericea, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. b Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 182823589
Terminalia sericea, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. c Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 176776755
Terminalia sericea, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. d Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 176776593
Terminalia sericea, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139808341
Terminalia sericea, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139795015
Terminalia sericea, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139808299
Terminalia sericea, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139803431

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Terminalia sericea is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesCaprivi StripDR CongoEswatiniKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Terminalia sericea, 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
Botswana BOT
Cape Provinces CPP
Caprivi Strip CPV
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Tanzania TAN
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 9 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.

  • Myrobalanus brosogiana (Engl. & Diels) Kuntze
  • Myrobalanus sericea (Burch. ex DC.) Kuntze
  • Terminalia angolensis O.Hoffm.
  • Terminalia brosigiana Engl. & Diels
  • Terminalia bubu De Wild. & Ledoux
  • Terminalia fischeri Engl.
  • Terminalia nyassensis Engl.
  • Terminalia sericea var. angolensis Hiern
  • Terminalia sericea var. huillensis Hiern

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.

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