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Gymnosporia buchananii

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Loesener

Common Names

• Muvambandutsi (Kihehe)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• S. Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• savanna

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun

Fruiting Times

• Aug

Lianescent shrub or small tree with red fruit, minute greenish-white flowers, paired spines to 2.8mm long, solitary inflorescence a cyme of up to 25 flowers, petals to 2.5mm long

Leaves, bark & roots have medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2