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Adenopodia scelerata

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(A. Chevalier) Brenan

Common Names

• Bala (Bambindjere)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Dry secondary forest
• forest
• forest margin.

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Large twining vine to 40m, very spiny but loses thorns on older stems. Leaves to 180mm long, 10-14 pairs of leaflets. Flower spikes to 60mm long, minute pale yellow flowers, calyx 1mm long, petals 2mm long. Glabrous black legume to 170mm x 35mm.

Stems give fesh water, stems & leaves have medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• Me'moires BHL