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Calycobolus heudelotii

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(J.G. Baker ex Oliver) Heine

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• rain forest
• gallery forest
• savanna thickets

Flowering Times

• Feb

Fruiting Times

Tall climbing shrub to 15m, glabrous lenticellate branchlets. Glabrous coriaceous leaves to 170mm x 110mm with revolute margins. Axillary 1-16 flowered fascicles with bracts to 1.5mm long & bracteoles to 4mm long, fragrant 25mm white bell-shaped flowers with bracteoles 3mm long, 2 outer sepals 6mm x 5mm, 3 inner sepals 4mm long, white corolla to 27mm long with 5 lobes to 15mm long. Winged glabrous fruit to 15mm x 6mm, big wing to 50mm diameter, small wing to 20mm x 15mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• FOL
• Kew
• https://in.art1lib.com