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Aristolochia albida

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Duchartre

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Comoros
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May

Herbaceous glabrous twiner or liana. Glabrous 3-lobed leaves 100mm x 75mm. Axillary cymes with conspicuous mucronulate bracts to 18mm x 14mm, pale green-yellow flowers, lip & margins red-brown, tube 14mm x 20mm diameter with limb 25mm x 8mm hairy inside. 6-ribbed fruits reddish green striated aging brown to 100mm x 20mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA