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Anacolosa uncifera

Botanic Family

Olacaceae

Author

Louis & Boutique

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Congo
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Rwanda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed forest
• savanna edge
• seasonally inundated areas
• marshy forest
• secondary forest
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Jul-Dec (Congo) Aug (Zaire)

Fruiting Times

Large liane to 10m or scandent shrub with hooked twigs. Glabrous leaves to 80mm x 50mm. Racemes of 10-30 cream flowers, hairy in throat, small 5-lobed calyx to 2mm diameter, 6-lobed corolla to 3mm long. Coriaceous glabrescent fruit to 20mm x 13mm with persistent style.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Mobot
• MNHN
• CJB
• DFCA