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Ancistrocladus barteri

Botanic Family

Ancistrocladaceae

Author

Scott-Elliot

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone

Natural Habitats

• Swamp forest
• riverside
• disturbed forest
• forest edge
• riverine forest
• coastal
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Jul (Ghana)

Fruiting Times

• Feb (Sierra Leone)

Large liana to 15m with hooks. Coriaceous glabrous leaves to 417mm x 106mm. Lax lateral panicles to 240mm x 160mm with 7-10 flower spikes. Green, white, yellowish or pinkish flowers with bracts 2mm long, 5 calyx lobes to 4.5mm x 3mm in flower & to 8mm long in fruit with fruiting lobes to 15mm x 15mm, 5 petals to 11mm x 2.5mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• JLS
• Kew
• ResearchGate