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Cercestis dinklagei

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

Engler

Common Names

• Tawa (Teturi)

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• lakeside

Flowering Times

• Jun

Fruiting Times

Stem-rooting climber or epiphyte with glabrous lobed leaves 250mm x 100mm, basal lobes 55mm x 25mm, glabrous green spathe to 58mm long, spadix 50mm long with female part 6mm long, slender forest climber, spathe purple at base, spadix cream, red berry 9mm across

Further References

• Botanicus
• Jstor
• HB
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew