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Aidia genipiflora

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(de Candolle) Dandy

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Togo

Natural Habitats

• Rainforest
• disturbed forest
• forest edge
• savanna

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun (Cameroon) Feb
• Apr
• Nov (Ghana)

Fruiting Times

• May
• Jun (Cameroon) Feb
• Apr
• Jun
• Oct
• Nov (Ghana) Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Nov (Guinea) Jun (Nigeria)

Vine, shrub or tree to 10m. Glabrous coriaceous leaves 150mm x 55mm. Axillary cymes with bracteoles, white fragrant flowers turning yellow 20mm long, green puberulous calyx, greenish-white glabrous corolla with lobes to 9mm long. Fruit a blue-green berry 8mm diameter crowned with persistent calyx.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• Kew