Taxon: Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl.

Summary

Genus:

Heteromorpha

Family:

Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)

Subfamily:

Apioideae

Tribe:

Heteromorpheae

Nomen number:

18948

Place of publication:

Linnaea 1:385. 1826

Verified:

11/22/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl. var. abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) H. Wolff (0 active accession[s])
Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl. var. arborescens (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: recognizes four varieties: abyssinica, arborescens, collina, and frutescens
Pimenov, M. G. & M. V. Leonov. 1993. The genera of the Umbelliferae: a nomenclator
van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Apiaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan	s.	Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola	s.w.	Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana		Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: recognizes four varieties: abyssinica, arborescens, collina, and frutescens
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Lesotho		Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: recognizes four varieties: abyssinica, arborescens, collina, and frutescens
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa		Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: recognizes four varieties: abyssinica, arborescens, collina, and frutescens
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	e.	Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen		Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
2	Cultivated				also cult.

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan (s.)
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (e.), Rwanda
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola (s.w.), Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen

Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)

Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: recognizes four varieties: abyssinica, arborescens, collina, and frutescens
Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Apiaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Medicines	folklore		van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Apiaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=18948. Accessed 12 May 2026.