Saba (plant)
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''Saba '' is a genus of
plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
in the family
Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...
first described as a genus in 1849. It is native to Madagascar, Comoros, and mainland Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226. ;Species * ''
Saba comorensis ''Saba comorensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is commonly called bungo fruit (pl. mabungo), mbungo, or rubber vine and is widespread across most of tropical Africa as well as in Madagascar and Comoros. The fru ...
'' (Bojer ex A.DC.) Pichon - Madagascar, Comoros, Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south to Zimbabwe * ''
Saba senegalensis ''Saba senegalensis'', known as ''weda'' in the Moore, French, and English languages and ‘’madd’’ in Wolof and ‘’laare’’ in Pulaar, is a fruit-producing plant of the Apocynaceae family, native to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Af ...
'' (A.DC.) Pichon - Sahel from Senegal to Central African Republic * '' Saba thompsonii'' (A.Chev.) Pichon - W Africa (Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)


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Rauvolfioideae Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub