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Accession Data:

Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes.

  • Common Name: Confetti Tree
  • Family: Celastraceae R. Br.

  • Country of Origin: southern Africa
  • Habitat: small tree to 6m - semi-arid areas

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200202447
  • Source: Debbie Black - UIUC
  • Provenance: UIUC# PlBio601
  • Accession Date: 10-16-2002
  • Bench: 2110 - MED:Fynbos B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Celastrales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Celastraceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Medicinal Plants - Traditional African Medicine
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Egypt / Morocco / Western Sahara / Benin / Burkina / Gambia, The / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Mali / Mauritania / Nigeria / Niger / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Togo / Burundi / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Rwanda / Zaire / Chad / Djibouti / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Somalia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Botswana / Namibia / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces / Madagascar / Seychelles / Afghanistan / Iran / Oman / Saudi Arabia / Yemen / Bangladesh / Pakistan / India

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
  2. Gymnosporia senegalensis at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:23:53 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Celastraceae

  • Euonymus fortunei
  • Gymnosporia senegalensis
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