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Hexasepalum serrulatum

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(P. Beauvois) J.H. Kirkbride & Delprete

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Zaire
• Belize
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Guatemala
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Leeward Islands
• SE. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Puerto Rico
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• riverside

Flowering Times

• All Year (Costa Rica)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Costa Rica)

Rarely scandent, normally prostrate herb with quadrangular stems, coriaceous glabrous leaves 45mm x 20mm or scabrid both surfaces, axillary solitary white flowers to 8mm long, 4-lobed green calyx, white corolla 7mm long with 4 lobes 2mm long, glabrous fruit 6mm x 3mm split into 2 with persistent calyx lobes to 2mm long

Further References

• Jstor
• Rub Col
• FOTA
• Kew
• Flora Costaricensis