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Acridocarpus plagiopterus

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

Guillaumin & Perrier

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Libya
• Sierra Leone
• Senegal

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed secondary forest
• wooded savanna. Medicinal uses as genital stimulant or depressant
• stems used for mace

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Liana or scandent shrub to 6m with reddish-brown puberulous branches. Leaves 125mm x 60mm. Racemes with bracts to 4mm, of bright yellow to red flowers, fruit brown with burgundy wings to 70mm long x 17mm, racemes & petioles covered in rusty down

Further References

• Mobot
• Botanicus
• Jstor
• Niedenzu
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA