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Allocassine laurifolia

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

(Harvey) N. Robson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Mozambique
• Cape Province
• Natal - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Evergreen forest

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Nov

Climbing or scrambling shrub with glabrous leaves to 180mm x 85mm. Greenish-yellow or yellow flowers, coeiaceous sepals 2mm long with fimbriate margin, petals to 3mm long in 1-7 flowered cymes or simple dichasium. Fruit a fleshy orange-red berry 28mm long.

Further References

• Jstor
• Mobot
• FZ
• The Plant List 2