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Callichilia subsessilis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Bentham) Stapf

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Congo
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Nov-Apr (Ghana)
• Apr-Feb (Guinea)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Apr (Ghana)
• Aug-Dec (Guinea)

Glabrous climbing or erect shrub or small tree with thin leaves 175mm x 60mm. Racemes with bracts to 5mm long, white flowers yellowish inside to 25mm long, calyx to 14mm long, white corolla with tube 32mm long, lobes 16mm long. Paired ovoid beaked follicles to 32mm long, aging yellow-orange.

Further References

• Botanicus
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• FOL