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Ancistrocladus abbreviatus

Botanic Family

Ancistrocladaceae

Author

Airy Shaw

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Mozambique
• Sierra Leone

Natural Habitats

• Swamp forest
• riverside
• perioically inundated forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Large liana to 30m armed with curved woody hooks. Glabrous leaves to 341mm x 88mm. Terminal cymes or panicles with bracts to 1.5mm x 1.2mm of green, white, yellow or pinkish flowers, cream ends to petals, 5 sepals to 6mm x 4.1mm, 5 petals to 10mm x 6.5mm. Fruit a 5-ridged nut 15mm x 15mm with persistent sepals.

Medicinal

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Inza Kone
• CJB
• Kew
• FWTA
• www.sciencedirect.com
• ResearchGate