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Cercestis mirabilis

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

(N.E. Brown) Bogner

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• streamside.

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Aug

Epiphytic stem-rooting vine to 9m with glabrous leaves 450mm long x 350mm dark green variegated whitish, adult plants with slit-like perforations, 100mm green spathe red-purple inside, shorter spadix white, pink or red berry

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• FOL