Madagascar
Africa · Eastern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Abu Rokba
Echinochloa colonum
Adjir
Cyperus difformis
Al qit
Felis silvestris
ashkhar
Calotropis procera
barbir
Portulaca oleracea
borgoman
Ageratum conyzoides
bous
Phragmites australis
Bous El-Gazaier
Saccharum spontaneum
Ecoregions
Madagascar subhumid forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Madagascar dry deciduous forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Madagascar ericoid thickets
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Madagascar spiny thickets
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Afrotropic
Madagascar succulent woodlands
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Afrotropic
Madagascar mangroves
Mangroves · Afrotropic
All Species in Madagascar
Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum
African eggplant
Solanum macrocarpon
Earleaf nightshade
Solanum mauritianum
ambarella
Spondias dulcis
Hen's eyes
Ardisia crenata
apricot-vine
Passiflora incarnata
Balloon cotton bush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
betel pepper
Piper betle
Egyptian starcluster
Pentas lanceolata
Elephant creeper
Argyreia nervosa
Yellow ginger
Hedychium flavescens
dodder-laurel
Cassytha filiformis
East Indian lemongrass
Cymbopogon flexuosus
ginger grass
Cymbopogon martini
tasteless water-pepper
Persicaria mitis
Redflower ragleaf
Crassocephalum crepidioides
Creeping croftonweed
Ageratina riparia
Sinkwa towelsponge
Luffa acutangula
water fern
Ceratopteris thalictroides
attoto yam
Dioscorea cayenensis
hoary basil
Ocimum africanum
Himalayan ginger
Hedychium gardnerianum
Fountainbush
Russelia equisetiformis
Clasping heliotrope
Heliotropium amplexicaule
Showy rattlebox
Crotalaria spectabilis
Creeping indigo
Indigofera spicata
True indigo
Indigofera tinctoria
African pepperwort
Lepidium africanum
Indian acalypha
Acalypha indica
Sour Prickle
Opuntia dillenii
tapewormplant
Muehlenbeckia platyclada
veldt-grape
Cissus quadrangularis
Annual blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Japanese mazus
Mazus pumilus
Indian sandbur
Cenchrus biflorus
Hedge bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
African signalgrass
Urochloa arrecta
Yellow crabgrass
Digitaria fuscescens
wire crabgrass
Digitaria longiflora
spiderweb chloris
Chloris pycnothrix
Stargrass
Cynodon plectostachyus
male bamboo
Dendrocalamus strictus
Rat-tail grass
Sporobolus africanus
Chickenweed
Portulaca quadrifida
Mascarene island leaf-flower
Phyllanthus tenellus
Chamber bitter
Phyllanthus urinaria
Snakegourd
Trichosanthes cucumerina
transparent wood-rose
Operculina turpethum
comb hyptis
Mesosphaerum pectinatum
West Indian rattlebox
Crotalaria trichotoma
Gambia-pea
Crotalaria goreensis
Blue rattlesnake
Crotalaria verrucosa
Flemingia
Flemingia macrophylla
White tephrosia
Tephrosia candida
tiger's-claw
Martynia annua
triplinerved eupatorium
Ayapana triplinervis
crimson bluestem
Schizachyrium sanguineum
East indian bristlegrass
Setaria barbata
Cogongrass
Imperata cylindrica
Kangaroo grass
Themeda quadrivalvis
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