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Chassalia cristata

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Hiern) Bremekamp

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Nov
• Dec

Twining liane or glabrous shrub with leaves 175mm x 85mm glabrous both surfaces, green to white fruit, terminal puberulous cymes 75mm diameter with bracts & bracteoles, 5mm long red-purple flowers shading to yellow green at top, lobes pale yellow inside, white corolla with yellow throat, 5 lobes crested at back

Further References

• Mobot
• Welw
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew