Mahale Mountains National Park | Summary of Resource Base
Mahale Mountains National Park | Summary of Resource Base
Mahale Mountains National Park | Summary of Resource Base
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Violaceae<br />
Rinorea brachypetala<br />
Rinorea ilicifolia<br />
Vitaceae<br />
Ampelocissus abyssinica<br />
Ampelocissus africana<br />
Cayratia debilis<br />
Cayratia gracilis<br />
Cissus integrifolia<br />
Cissus migeodii<br />
Cissus petiolata<br />
Cissus producta<br />
Cissus pseudoguerkeana<br />
Cissus rubiginosa<br />
Cyphostemma sp2<br />
Cyphostemma vollesenii<br />
Rhoicissus sp1<br />
Rhoicissus sp2<br />
Rhoicissus tridentata<br />
Xyridaceae<br />
Xyris anceps<br />
Xyris capensis<br />
Comments<br />
41<br />
Xyris capillaris<br />
Xyris sp1<br />
Xyris sp2<br />
Xyris straminea<br />
Zingiberaceae<br />
*Curcuma domestica<br />
Aframomum alboviolaceum<br />
Aframomum mala<br />
Aframomum sp1<br />
Costus afer<br />
Costus dubius<br />
Costus spectabilis<br />
Renealmia engleri<br />
Siphonochilus aethiopicus<br />
Siphonochilus sp1<br />
unknown<br />
• The total number <strong>of</strong> plant species recorded in MMNP is 1174.<br />
Anildesma membranaceum<br />
Neprautanenia mitis<br />
Ramalina sp1<br />
Rynchosia luteola<br />
Rynchosia sp1<br />
Seamum sp1<br />
• This current (2008) species list may contain fewer than half <strong>of</strong> the plants actually<br />
found in MMNP.<br />
• This plant list is largely the work <strong>of</strong> many years <strong>of</strong> collecting done in the park by<br />
the Kyoto University research team. However, their focus was mostly on<br />
chimpanzee food plants and there remains much general botanical fieldwork to be<br />
done in <strong>Mahale</strong> before the park can be considered well collected.<br />
• The Albertine rift has a very high number <strong>of</strong> plant species (5793) and 567 <strong>of</strong><br />
those are endemic (Plumptre 2003). With the present state <strong>of</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> its<br />
flora, it is not possible to rank the conservation importance <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mahale</strong> against the<br />
other Albertine Rift protected areas in any meaningful way. More general<br />
botanical collecting in habitats that have been poorly sampled is required.
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