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Abrus canescens

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Welwitzsch ex Baker

Propagation

S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Floodplain
• riverside
• swamp
• seasonally inundated areas
• forest
• grassland
• wooded grassland

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Nov

A woody twiner, perennial herb or subshrub, grey downy branches. 12-14 mucronate leaflets 16mm long downy above pubescent beneath. 2-5 flowers in fascicles, dark red or purple to 15mm long or terminal racemes to 60mm long with 6mm long bracts & bracteoles, toothed calyx 3mm, purple corolla to 12mm, fruit a pubescent pod to 55mm long x 12mm

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA