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Ancylobothrys scandens

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Schumacher & Thonning) Pichon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• montane forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Mar

Scandent shrub with sensitive inflorescences acting as tendrils. Glabrescent leaves 100mm x 50mm. White flowers in tomentose panicles with tomentose bracts, tomentose calyx 3mm long, corolla 45mm long with tube 24mm long yellow at base & turning purple, white lobes 16mm long. Round yellow fruit,

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew