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Ampelocissus bombycina

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Baker) Planchon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Malaysia
• Nigeria
• Sudan
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest margin
• dry forest
• woodland
• riparian forest. Edible fruit

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Nov

Trailing or climbing herbaceous climber with young shoots reddish-brown silky tomentose. 3-5 lobed leaves 150mm x 150mm glabrous above white-pubescent beneath. Lateral cymes of purplish red flowers to 1mm long, 5-lobed calyx 2mm across, 5 deep red petals. Fruit to 12mm diameter.

Further References

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