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Collection Holdings native to Mali:

Apiaceae

    Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

    • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
      • Adenium obesum - Socotra

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Ceropegieae

      • Ceropegia aristolochioides - Senegal to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Pen.

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Celastraceae

        • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

        Ceratophyllaceae

        • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

        Combretaceae

          Subfamily Combretoideae
          Tribe Combreteae

          • Combretum molle - Africa

          Costaceae

          • Costus dubius - Trop. Africa
          • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

          Cyperaceae

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Eleocharideae

            • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Dioscoreaceae

            • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

            Fabaceae

              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
              Tribe Detarieae

              • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

              Lentibulariaceae

              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

              Malvaceae

                Subfamily Bombacoideae
                Tribe Adansonieae

                • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                Marantaceae

                • Marantochloa purpurea - Trop. Africa
                • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                Menyanthaceae

                • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                Poaceae

                  Subfamily Oryzoideae
                  Tribe Oryzeae

                  • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                  Tribe Paniceae

                  • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                  Rubiaceae

                    Subfamily Ixoroideae
                    Tribe Vanguerieae

                    • Vangueria madagascariensis - Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar

                    Solanaceae

                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                      Tribe Physaleae

                      • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                      Taccaceae

                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                      Vitaceae

                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                        • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 25 accessions native to Mali

                        W/C = Wild Collected
                        = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                        = images available for this accession
                        = map available for this accession
                        = accession added within past 90 days

                        data regenerated on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:08:22 -0400

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