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Eremospatha macrocarpa

Botanic Family

Arecaceae

Author

(G. Mann & H. Wendland) H. Wendland

Common Names

• Makak (Balundu)
• Bokondi (Bambindjere)
• Small Rattan Palm

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• swamp forest
• wet area
• forest.

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Aug
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Spiny liana with stems to 15.2m, leaves 2.7m long with sheath to 300mm long, rachis terminating in spiny tendril, 23 leaflets each side, terminal leaflet to 350mm x 26mm, spadix to 600mm long with branches 125mm long & bracys 6mm long, clump-forming, axillary inflorescences, sweet-scented whitish flowers, loses thorns on older stems, polished ringed stems, fruit 32mm long

Used for basket & furniture weaving, fibre, fruit for elephant fodder, medicinal uses

Further References

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