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Amphicarpaea africana

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Hooker f. ) Harms

Common Names

• Enjoru (Kimasai)

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Nigeria
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Twiner to 3.5m, stems with brown silky hairs, trifoliate leaves, terminal silky leaflet mucronate 50mm x 32mm. Racemes with6-8 flowers with bracts, mauve flowers, toothed calyx 5mm, purplish corolla 10mm long, aromatic smell, finely silky pod 25mm x 6mm

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2 : FOTA
• ILDIS