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Aganope leucobotrya

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Dunn) Polhill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• S. Nigeria
• Sierra Leone

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets
• secondary jungle
• rain forest
• savanna forest
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Nov
• Dec (Ghana) Nov
• Dec (Guinea)

Fruiting Times

Tree or shrub sometimes climbing. Leaves to 250mm long with 3-5 pairs of leaflets to 90mm long. Terminal panicles to 400mm long with white or pink flowers to 13mm long with white bracts to 10mm long & 2 minute bracteoles, pale brown calyx to 3.5mm long with small teeth, glabrous white petals, cream corolla, standard with green central spot. Coriaceous legume to 5mm wide.

Further References

• Jstor
• FCP
• ILDIS
• The Plant List 2
• Kew Bulletin
• Mobot