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Canarina abyssinica

Botanic Family

Campanulaceae

Author

Engler

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Sudan
• Uganda
• Tanzania

Natural Habitats

• Wooded grassland
• forest clearings. streamside. old termite hills

Flowering Times

• Jul (Ethiopia)

Fruiting Times

• Jul (Ethiopia)

Tuberous petiole twiner with leaves to 75mm x 65mm with crenate to dentate margins. 75mm red-orange flowers with darker venation, calyx lobes to 36mm x 10mm, corolla to 75mm. Fruit yellow to red .

Berry edible

Further References

• E & M 1970
• Menninger 1970
• Herklots 1976
• Huxley 1992
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• FTEA
• BJS