Apocynaceae

Senegal saba

Saba senegalensis (A.DC.) Pichon

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Saba

Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants

Senegal saba: Saba Florida, is and Africans wild fruit. — Photo: lancine.kounfantoh.fofana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free

Common names

By language (7)

arz: سابا السنجالينسيس
Bambara: Saban
English: Senegal saba
Finnish: Senegalinkumiliaani
French: Maad, Malombo, Zaban
nqo: ߛߊ߬ߜߊ, ߓߟߌߛߜߊ, ߛߊ߬ߓߊ߲
Wolof: Màdd

Synonyms

Landolphia senegalensis (A.DC.) Kotschy & Peyr.
Landolphia senegalensis var. glabriflora Hua
Saba senegalensis var. glabriflora (Hua) Pichon
Vahea senegalensis A.DC.

Photos

Photo: lancine.kounfantoh.fofana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kalissa Mamayimbé kir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

More in Saba

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.