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Artabotrys insignis

Botanic Family

Annonaceae

Author

Engler & Diels

Common Names

• Xiang gang ying zhua hua (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Sierra Leone
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• rain forest
• riverine forest
• disturbed forest
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Apr (Zaire)
• Apr (Cameroon)
• Nov (Gabon)

Fruiting Times

• Feb-Mar (Zaire)
• Feb-Mar (Ghana)

Scandent shrub or forest liana with coriaceous glabrate leaves to 190mm x 62mm, glabrate above & pilose beneath. Hooked peduncles, large yellow-green flowers, sepals to 15mm long, coriaceous green petals 11mm wide, white inside. Red fruits .

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• Inza Kone
• FWTA