Native records: 2 botanical areas
Central African Republic, Zaïre
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A climber of wet tropical climates. Native to Central African Republic, Congo.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Central African Republic
- Central African RepublicNative
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- ZaïreNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Am Tropical, monsoon
The same climate occurs in 121 areas worldwide, 119 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Vanilla
Other species in Vanilla
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Central African Republic · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Congo, Democratic Republic of the · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source