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Allophylus ferrugineus

Botanic Family

Sapindaceae

Author

Taubert

Common Names

• Kada (Malindé)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mali
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• E. Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forest
• gallery forest
• dry forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Nov

Tree or shrub, occasionally a climber or creeper to 9m. Trifoliolate leaves with leaflets to 220mm x 110mm, toothed or serrate. Inflorescences to 470mm long, cymules of 1-6 flowers, white, greenish-white or yellow flowers to 2mm long, sepals to 1.5mm x 1mm, petals 2mm x 1mm. Fruit orange to scarlet to 8mm x 7.5mm.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Jstor
• Mobot
• FTEA
• The Plant List 2