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Aristolochia goldieana

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Hooker f.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Equatorial Guinea
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bussau
• Gulf of Guine Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Togo

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Glabrous climber to 6m with leaves 200mm x 150mm. Solitary large reddish-purple flowers 450mm long with unpleasant smell, red-purple ribs outside brownish-yellow mottled inside, tube 150mm long, limb 225mm diameter x 150mm long, 3 lobes with tails 50mm long. Fruits with 6 well-marked ribs.

Further References

• FCP
• Aluka
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA