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Camptocarpus mauritianus

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Lamarck) Decaisne

Common Names

• Liane café

Geographical Habitats

• Comoros
• Madagascar
• Reunion

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas

Flowering Times

• May-Jun (Madagascar)

Fruiting Times

Glabrous twining liane with leaves to 105mm x 24mm. Axillary or sometimes terminal cymes with small bracts, yellowish flowers with violet at base, flowers to 9mm, calyx 1.5mm, corolla to 5mm, twin follicles.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle 2
• Fedde
• Kew