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Bertiera bracteolata

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Hiern

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• May
• Jun

Puberulous climbing shrub, reddish-brown branches. Leaves 125mm x 60mm pubescent on veins beneath. White flowers in lateral cymes to 300mm long with bracts, bracteoles at base of calyx, 5-toothed calyx. Glabrate fruits white maturing purple to 5mm with 10 longitudinal ribs.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• FWTA