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Connarus africanus

Botanic Family

Connaraceae

Author

Lamarck

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• S. Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Jun
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Nov

Large liana or erect or climbing glabrous shrub with 3-foliolate coriaceous leaflets 150mm x 75mm glabrous both surfaces, white flowers aging brown in terminal panicles, calyx to 3mm long, petals to 9mm long, red coriaceous glabrous curved legume 50mm x 20mm

Further References

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