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Campylostemon angolensis

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Welwitsch ex Oliver

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Liane or scandent shrub, greenish-purple to reddish-brown lenticellate stems, glabrous, to 24m. Leaves 145mm x 32mm, up to 50 with crenulate serrulate margins. 10-25 fragrant flowers in axillary corymbs or cymes, slightly scented, white to yellow aging to yellow or orange to 3mm long, 5mm diameter, sepals 1mm long, petals to 3.2mm long. Mericarps to 60mm x 40mm.

Further References

• FZ
• Jstor
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA