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Collection Holdings native to Eritrea:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Crossandra nilotica - tropical east Africa, Mozambique

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Ceropegieae

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

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Asparagoideae

        • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India

        Subfamily Scilloideae
        Tribe Ornithogaleae

        • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C

        Caryophyllaceae

          Subfamily Paronychioideae
          Tribe Paronychieae

          • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

          Celastraceae

          • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

          Ceratophyllaceae

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

          Cyperaceae

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Cypereae

            • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.

            Dioscoreaceae

            • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

            Ebenaceae

            • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

            Euphorbiaceae

              Subfamily Euphorbioideae
              Tribe Euphorbieae

              • Euphorbia abyssinica - E Sudan (Red Sea Hills), Eritrea, N Ethiopia, N Somalia

              Lamiaceae

                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                Tribe Ocimeae

                • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.

                Malvaceae

                  Subfamily Bombacoideae
                  Tribe Adansonieae

                  • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                  Subfamily Malvoideae
                  Tribe Gossypieae

                  • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                  Myrtaceae

                    Subfamily Myrtoideae
                    Tribe Myrteae

                    • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                    Nymphaeaceae

                    • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                    Oleaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Oleeae

                      • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                      Orchidaceae

                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                        Tribe Cymbidieae

                        • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                        Poaceae

                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                          Tribe Paniceae

                          • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                          Primulaceae

                            Subfamily Maesoideae

                            • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                            Solanaceae

                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                              Tribe Physaleae

                              • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                              Vitaceae

                                Subfamily Vitoideae

                                • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                                • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa
                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 23 accessions native to Eritrea

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

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