Understanding the significance of cultural heritage attached to the local's knowledge of the natural environment, the purpose of this website is to maintain and to share the native names of Madagascar's animal and plant species.

By entering a "search string" of at least 4 letters (no numeric or sign character) in the form above, a list of PLANT SPECIES ' local and scientific names containing your string, and followed by its family code, will be retrieved from our server and returned to you.

This window is left blank if no record is found with your search string.

Example of a search result
returned by submitting the string  beravina 

                                                Family
LOCAL NAMES          Genus species               code
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AIKABERAVINA        Crotalaria indica             PPL
AMBORABERAVINA      Tambourissa trichophylla      MOM
AMPODIBERAVINA      Vepris macrophylla            RUT
ANANTSONGABERAVINA  Brassica pekinensis           CRU
ANJAVIDIBERAVINA    Hibbertia coriacea            DIL
BERAVINA            Begonia rex                   BEG
BERAVINA            Crotalia incana               PPL
DITIMENABERAVINA    Protorhus thouvenotii         ANA
DITSAKABERAVINA     Symphonia macrocarpa          GUT
FANGORABERAVINA     Pittosporum verticillatum     PIT
HAFOTRAFOTSIBERAVINA Humbertianthus cardiostegius MLV
HAFOTRAKORABERAVINA Rhopalocarpus thouarsianus    RHO
HARONGAMPANIHIBERAVINA Psorospermum amplifolium   HYP
HAVOHABERAVINA      Rhopalocarpus coriaceus       RHO
HAZIMBERAVINA       Symphonia fasciculata         GUT
HAZOMBARORANABERAVINA Protorhus sericea           ANA
HAZOMBATOBERAVINA   Cussonia monophylla           ARL
KABOKABERAVINA      Pandaca retusa                APC
KIJIBERAVINA        Symphonia verrucosa           GUT
LALONABERAVINA      Weinmannia bojeriana          CUN
LALONABERAVINA      Weinmannia hilderbrandtii     CUN
LALONABERAVINA      Weinmannia rutenbergii        CUN
LANARIBERAVINA      Plagioscyphus danguyanus      SAP
LANARIBERAVINA      Plagioscyphus jumelei         SAP
LOMBIROBERAVINA     Rhopalocarpus thouarsianus    RHO
MABIBOBERAVINA      Micronychia sp.               ANA
MONGIBERAVINA       Pittosporum polyspermum       PIT
MONOKABERAVINA      Ficus tiliafolia              MOR
NANTOBERAVINA       Campnosperma micranteia       ANA
NATOBERAVINA        Capurodendron mandrarensis    SAP
NATOBERAVINA        Faucheria hexandra            SAP
NATOBERAVINA        Faucheria urschii             SAP
NATOBERAVINA        Labramia bojeri               SAP
NATOBERAVINA        Labramia louvelii             SAP
NONOKABERAVINA      Ficus baronii                 MOR
NONOKABERAVINA      Ficus melleri                 MOR
OSAOSABERAVINA      Brachiaria deflexa            GRA
RAMAINDAFABERAVINA  Tina trijuga                  SAP
RESONJOBERAVINA     Potameia argentea             LAU
SANIRABERAVINA      Allophyllus macrocarpus       SAP
SANIRABERAVINA      Phyllanthus decipiens         EUP
SANIRABERAVINA      Tinopsis apiculata            SAP
SANIRAMBAZABERAVINA Tinopsis apiculata            SAP
SARISARIMBERAVINA   Crotalaria sp.                PPL
SAVONIHAZOBERAVINA  Pittosporum viridiflorum      PIT
TAOLAMBITOBERAVINA  Allophyllus macrocarpus       SAP
TAVIABERAVINA       Rhopalocarpus coriaceus       RHO
TAVOLOBERAVINA      Cryptocarya fulva             LAU
TAVOLOBERAVINA      Cryptocarya rotundifolia      LAU
TAVOLOBERAVINA      Ravensara impressa            LAU
TAVOLOBERAVINA      Ravensara parareolata         LAU
TSANDRAMIRAMIBERAVINA Pourpartia chapelieri       ANA
TSIFOTSIBERAVINA    Psorospermum chionanthifolium HYP
VAHIMAINTIBERAVINA  Agelaea thouarsiana           CNR
VARONGIBERAVINA     Ocotea cymosa                 LAU
VARONGIBERAVINA     Ocotea nervosa                LAU
VARONGIBERAVINA     Ocotea thouvenotii            LAU
VELATRABERAVINA     Achyrospermum sp.             LAB
VINTANINABERAVINA   Calophyllum chapelieri        GUT
VINTANINABERAVINA   Calophyllum inophyllum        GUT
VOAPAKABERAVINA     Uapaca ferruginea             EUP
VORETRABERAVINA     Micronychia sp.               ANA
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