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Duparquetia orchidacea

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Baillon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• forest edge
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov. Dec

Fruiting Times

• Sep
• Dec

Small tree, shrub or woody liana with 7-9 foliolate imparipinnate leaves, thinly coriaceous leaflets to 150mm x 75mm. Racemes to 300mm long with deciduous bracts, showy sweetly scented pink & white flowers, 4 sepals & 2 petals. 4-winged brown pods. Woody, hollow, swollen stem to 1000mm x 500mm.

Further References

• Menninger Trees 1962
• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• ILDIS
• FOL