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Taxon:  Leea guineensis G. Don



Summary
Genus:
Leea
Family:
Vitaceae
Subfamily:
Leeoideae
Nomen number:
315504
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 1:712. 1831
Verified:
08/22/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Leea coccinea Planch.
Leea manillensis Walp.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis.
  3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  4. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  5. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  6. Hajra, P. K. et al., eds. 1999-. Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  9. Ridsdale, C. E. 1974. A revision of the family Leeaceae. Blumea 22:93.
  10. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  11. Staples, G. W. & D. R. Herbst. 1996. Nomenclatural changes affecting cultivated plants. I. Baileya 23:176.
  12. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
  13. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
léia –
léia-alaranjada –
Swedish
afrikansk leea –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSulawesin.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatera 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia Malaya
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaIndonesiaPapua 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Assam, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim]
  • PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua]
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi (n.), Sumatera], Malaysia (Malaya), Philippines
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315504. Accessed 21 May 2025.