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Bequaertia mucronata

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

(Exell) R. Wilczek

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Climbing shrub or liane to 25m, brownish-red branches, flakey with age. Toothes leaves to 140mm x 50mm. Axillary dichomous cymes, often with bracts to 1.5mm, white flowers becoming orange finally brownish-red to 5mm diameter, sepals 1mm long, fleshy petals. Fruit to 80mm x 30mm.

Leaves have medicinal uses

Further References

• Jstor
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FTEA