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Culcasia scandens

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

P. Beauvois

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Mali
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Jan
• feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Nov

Epiphytic vine with climbing stems & aerial roots, glabrous leaves to 175mm x 80mm, green or reddish spathe to 45mm long, cream & orange-red spadix 53mm long, female part to 12mm, male part to 32mm, greenish-yellow to orange yellow flowers, orange to red fruit 8mm long

Further References

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