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Combretum mucronatum

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

Schumacher & Thonning

Common Names

• Kuta (Teturi)

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation
• forest.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar

High climbing hairy liana with pubescent branches, axillary & terminal panicles or racemes with 12mm hairy bracts, of scented white flowers, calyx & raceme velvety, yellow floral leaves, 4-ridged yellowish-brown glabrous fruit with white or purple wings, pale pink when young to 8mm diameter, glabrous mucronate leaves 100mm long, pubescent beneath

Further References

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