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Afrobrunnichia erecta

Botanic Family

Polygonaceae

Author

(Ascherson) Hutchinson & Dalziel

Propagation

S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• swamp

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• May
• Apr
• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Apr

Erect or climbing liana to 15m with glabrous branches. Leaves 50mm x 40mm. Lax panicles or racemes to 125mm long with tendrils & bracts of 3-6 flowered cymes, lilac-pink flowers with flat tubes, green calyx. Flat fruits green-brown to 7mm diameter becoming reddish-brown.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• FWTA
• Jstor