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Asparagus drepanophyllus

Botanic Family

Asparagaceae

Author

Welwitsch ex Baker

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• forest
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Mar (Congo)

Fruiting Times

Climbing shrub to 10m with tuberous roots. Glabrous branches. Sicke-shaped leaves to 75mm long with pungent spur, cladodes to 25mm long. Racemes to 150mm long, greenish flowers 3mm long. Scarlet berries

Further References

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