Uapaca

Uapaca kirkiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Antidesmatoideae
Tribus: Uapaceae
Genus: Uapaca
Species: U. acuminata – U. ambanjensis – U. amplifolia – U. bojeri – U. densifolia – U. ferruginea – U. guineensis – U. heudelotii – U. kirkiana – U. lissopyrena – U. littoralis – U. louvelii – U. mole – U. niangadoumae – U. nitida – U. pilosa – U. pynaertii – U. robynsii – U. rufopilosa – U. sansibarica – U. staudtii – U. teusczii – U. thouarsii – U. togoensis – U. vanhouttei

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Uapaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 02. Reference page.

Name

Uapaca Baill., 1958

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Aapaca Metzdorff in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 14: 212 (1888)
  • Canariastrum Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 364 (1899)
  • Gymnocarpus Thouars ex Baill. in Étude Euphorb.: 595 (1858)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional:Western Africa Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional:Central Africa Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Malawi, Mali, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional:Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania Regional:Western Indian Ocean Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baillon, H.E. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées. 684 pp. Paris. BHL Reference page. :

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Uapaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Uapaca. Published online. Accessed: May 02 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Uapaca. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 02. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Uapaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 May 2025. Reference page.

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Uapaca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

башҡортса: Kɔsɔmɔ
فارسی: کروج
suomi: Musukit
русский: Уапака
中文: 柱根茶属