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Sierra Leone

Africa · Western Africa

Total Species
86
Threatened
0
CR + EN + VU
Population
7,976,985
Area
71,740 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 81
Animalia 5

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Sierra Leone

Anil de pasto

Indigofera suffruticosa

Least Concern

Apple blossom

Cassia javanica

Not Evaluated

appleblossom cassia

Cassia grandis

Least Concern

Aroma

Dichrostachys cinerea

Least Concern

Arsenic bush

Senna septemtrionalis

Not Evaluated

attoto yam

Dioscorea cayenensis

Not Evaluated

Barbados nut

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye

Sphagneticola trilobata

Not Evaluated

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

Beauty Of The Night

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

bell bauhinia

Bauhinia tomentosa

Least Concern

Bermuda Thistle

Argemone mexicana

Not Evaluated

Black mimosa

Mimosa pigra

Least Concern

Black wattle

Acacia mangium

Not Evaluated

Brazilian joyweed

Alternanthera brasiliana

Not Evaluated

Butterfly tree

Bauhinia purpurea

Least Concern

calopo

Calopogonium mucunoides

Least Concern

Camphortree

Cinnamomum camphora

Not Evaluated

Caribbean Pine

Pinus caribaea

Least Concern

Cayenne porterweed

Stachytarpheta cayennensis

Least Concern

Coco yam

Colocasia esculenta

Not Evaluated

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Common carpetgrass

Axonopus fissifolius

Not Evaluated

Common pricklypear

Opuntia monacantha

Least Concern

Common Sensitive-Plant

Mimosa pudica

Least Concern

Common wireweed

Sida acuta

Not Evaluated

copaiba

Copaifera officinalis

Not Evaluated

Cutleaf groundcherry

Physalis angulata

Least Concern

Divided Tunicate

Styela canopus

Not Evaluated

Earleaf acacia

Acacia auriculiformis

Least Concern

Emperor's candlesticks

Senna alata

Not Evaluated

Fall Armyworm

Spodoptera frugiperda

Not Evaluated

False sicklepod

Senna multijuga

Least Concern

Flaxleaf fanpetals

Sida linifolia

Not Evaluated

Flemingia

Flemingia macrophylla

Not Evaluated

Glenwoodgrass

Sacciolepis indica

Least Concern

Graceful sandmat

Euphorbia hypericifolia

Least Concern

Hispid starbur

Acanthospermum hispidum

Not Evaluated

Horseradish tree

Moringa oleifera

Not Evaluated

Indian jujube

Ziziphus mauritiana

Least Concern

Indian lilac

Azadirachta indica

Not Evaluated

Indian mulberry

Morinda citrifolia

Not Evaluated

Indian rosewood

Dalbergia sissoo

Least Concern

Jerusalem thorn

Parkinsonia aculeata

Least Concern

joint-vetch

Aeschynomene americana

Least Concern

Kariba weed

Salvinia molesta

Not Evaluated

Limeberry

Triphasia trifolia

Not Evaluated

Lipsticktree

Bixa orellana

Least Concern

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Mangrove Palm

Nypa fruticans

Least Concern

Monkeypod

Pithecellobium dulce

Least Concern

Mountain ebony

Bauhinia variegata

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Napoleon's plume

Bauhinia monandra

Data Deficient

Peruvian groundcherry

Physalis peruviana

Not Evaluated

Pride-of-barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

Punktree

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Least Concern

purple witchweed

Striga hermonthica

Not Evaluated

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