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Asparagus warneckei

Botanic Family

Asparagaceae

Author

(Engler) Hutchinson

Common Names

• Pabili (Cameroon)

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Togo

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• semi-deciduous forest
• woodland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Liana to 8m with prickly stems, orange tubercules to 400mm x 20mm at base. Cladodes to 40mm x 3mm. Green to white or creamy flowers with strong sickly odour. Scarlet berries

Medicinal uses.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• FWTA
• MNHN