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Asparagus buchananii

Botanic Family

Asparagaceae

Author

Baker

Common Names

• Umunyagasozi (Kirundi)
• Mwinika Nguru (Kizigua)
• Mnamila Mpwani (Kidoe)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• Somalia
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Riverside

Flowering Times

• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Oct

Climbing shrub to 5m with glabrous branchlets, spines to 40mm long. Leaves with small pungent spur, cladodes to 27mm x 0.5mm in fascicles of 3-5. Lateral racemes to 40mm long with bracts 2mm long. Fragrant whitish flowers, tepals to 3mm long, perianth to 2mm long. Red berry to 5mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• FSOM