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Ayenia bernieri

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

(Hochreutiner) Christenhusz & Byng

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Madagascar

Natural Habitats

• Coastal forests
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Nov-Feb (Madagascar)

Fruiting Times

Liane to 10m. Leaves to 210mm x 215mm. Flowers with bracts to 7m long, red-brown calyx, 5 sepals to 4mm, yellow stamens, 5 petals to 3.6mm, flesh outside, purple-red inside. Spiny fruit to 60mm x 30mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Kew
• Flore de Madagascar