Ventilago africana Exell

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Status: Native
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Derivation of specific name: africana: African.
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Worldwide distribution: Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Uganda and Angola.
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Literature:

Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 137.


Other sources of information about Ventilago africana:

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Flora of Angola: Ventilago africana
Flora of Uganda: Ventilago africana

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ventilago africana
African Plant Database: Ventilago africana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ventilago africana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ventilago africana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ventilago africana
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iNaturalist: Ventilago africana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ventilago africana
JSTOR Plant Science: Ventilago africana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ventilago africana
Plants of the World Online: Ventilago africana
Tropicos: Ventilago africana
Wikipedia: Ventilago africana


Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-26

The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Ventilago africana.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=266520, retrieved 18 September 2026

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