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Bertiera racemosa
Bertiera racemosa
- Botanic Family
- Rubiaceae
- Author
- (G. Don) K. Schumann
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Benin
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Gulf of Guinea Islands
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zaire
Natural Habitats
- Forest
- wooded riversides
- swamps
- disturbed areas
- streamside woodland.
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Mar
- Apr
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Fruiting Times
Glabrous woody climber, shrub or tree to 7.5m. Leaves 360mm x 177mm, glabrous above, pubesxent beneath. White or greenish flowers to 15mm long in terminal panicled racemes or cymes with bracteoles to 1.2mm x 1.2mm, 5-toothed glabrescent calyx tube to 3mm x 3.2mm, calyx limb 3.6mm x 5.5mm, puberulous 5-lobed corolla tube to 15mm x 9.5mm, lobes to 5.8mm x 2.3mm. Fruit a capsule or berry to 11mm x 9mm, crowned with persistent calyx.
Further References
- Mobot
- Botanicus
- Jstor
- The Plant List 2
- FOTA
- Kew
- Ichigawa
- FTEA