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Alafia barteri

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Oliver

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Togo

Natural Habitats

• Exposed sites
• coastal forest
• dry forest
• woodland
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Nov

High-climbing glabrous liana with leaves 100mm x 45mm. Puberulous corymbs with minute bracts of fragrant white or pink flowers with twisted lobes, calyx 1.5mm long, white fragrant corolla, hairy tube to 4mm long, lobes to 4mm long. Glabrous 350mm long fruit.

Leaves have medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew