Saba senegalensis

(A.DC.) Pichon · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Saba

At a glance

Occurrence records1 164

Data sources7

Biological traits22

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Saba senegalensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 164 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 164 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Saba senegalensis, known as weda in the Moore, French, and English languages, is a fruit-producing plant of the Apocynaceae family, native to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. It has several common names in various West African Languages. The tree grows predominantly on riverbanks and in woodlands in The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Somalia, Mali and Ivory Coast. It has been observed growing as vine up trees, as a small erect shrub, and oftentimes growing to the size of a large tree. ICRISAT has cited S. senegalensis as a useful food crop plant and as a tool to combat soil degradation in rural Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology8

Plant height40 m

Plant height min36.58 m

Seed mass1 232 mg

Seed mass max1 440 mg

Seed mass min1 024 mg

Seed volume3 000 mm³

Seed volume max3 000 mm³

Seed volume min3 000 mm³

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formscrambling shrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberobligatory

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Growth formclimber

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Leaf n17.55 mg/g

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Saba senegalensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Saba senegalensis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 221×CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-fedorov — Miege 1960a

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 164 records

Wild obs. + sensor861

Museum / vouchered289

Other14

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 076 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 44≤1 km 25≤10 km 5>10 km 6

80 georeferenced · 781 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor861

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy6% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤10 km 17

18 georeferenced · 271 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence289

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 20 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Paris, FR	65
IFAN Ch. A. Dioplocation not on record	31
Kew, GB	25
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record	25
Saint Louis, US	14
Frankfurt am Main	13
LSF/FSA/UAClocation not on record	7
WAGlocation not on record	6
Yaoundé, CM	4
HNBlocation not on record	3
Xiamen, CN	3
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record	3
Stockholm, SE	2
Philadelphia, US	1
Berlin, DE	1
CJBGlocation not on record	1
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record	1
MAlocation not on record	1
EFGlocation not on record	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1

20 institutions · 208 of 289 vouchered records shown · 81 without an institution code

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Saba senegalensis

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology8

Life cycle & reproduction4

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment7

Physiology & chemistry2

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type1 164 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 20 geolocated

Record type1 164 records