''Majidea'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The Sapindaceae occur in tempera ...

. Its native range is

Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropi ...

and Madagascar. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaïre. The genus name of ''Majidea'' is in honour of

Majid bin Said of Zanzibar Sayyid Majid bin Saïd al-Busaidi ( ar, ماجد بن سعيد البوسعيد) ( – ) was the first Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from 19 October 1856 to 7 October 1870. He succeeded his father Said bin Sultan as ruler of Zanzibar and ...

(c. 1834 – 1870), who was the first Sultan of Zanzibar. It was first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.11 on table 1097 in 1871.

Known species

According to Kew: *'' Majidea fosteri'' *'' Majidea zanguebarica''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5198857 Dodonaeoideae Sapindaceae genera Plants described in 1871 Flora of Madagascar Flora of West Tropical Africa Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Flora of Sudan Flora of Angola