Uapaca
Genus of flowering plants
Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is the only genus comprised in the tribe Uapaceae. The genus is native to Africa and Madagascar. Uapaca is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
- species
- Uapaca acuminata, Nigeria, C Africa
- Uapaca ambanjensis, NW Madagascar
- Uapaca amplifolia, NW Madagascar
- Uapaca bojeri, Madagascar
- Uapaca densifolia, Madagascar
- Uapaca ferruginea, Madagascar
- Uapaca guineensis, W + C Africa
- Uapaca heudelotii, W + C Africa
- Uapaca kirkiana, E + C + S Africa
- Uapaca lissopyrena, C + S Africa
- Uapaca littoralis, E Madagascar
- Uapaca louvelii, E Madagascar
- Uapaca mole, W + C Africa
- Uapaca niangadoumae, Gabon
- Uapaca nitida, E + C + S Africa
- Uapaca pilosa, E + C Africa
- Uapaca pynaertii, W + C Africa
- Uapaca robynsii, Katanga, Zambia, Malawi
- Uapaca rufopilosa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia
- Uapaca sansibarica, E + C + S Africa
- Uapaca staudtii, Nigeria, C Africa
- Uapaca teusczii, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia
- Uapaca thouarsii, E Madagascar
- Uapaca togoensis, W + C Africa
- Uapaca vanhouttei, Nigeria, C Africa
- formerly included
- Uapaca benguelensis, Uapaca kirkiana var. benguelensis
- Uapaca esculenta, Uapaca pynaertii
- Uapaca gossweileri, Uapaca kirkiana var. gossweileri
- Uapaca griffithii, Drypetes riseleyi
- Uapaca katentaniensis, Uapaca teusczii f. pilosa
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