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Hippocratea myriantha

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Oliver

Common Names

• Atepatola
• Mbarwabake

Geographical Habitats

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

Natural Habitats

• Riverside shrubbery
• savanna edge
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Apr
• Jul
• Nov

Woody vine or glabrous climbing shrub with hooks, coriaceous glabrous leaves 1110mm x 70mm, glaucous flat green fruit, whitish or cream hoary or puberulous flowers in terminal or axillary cymes

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Jstor
• Botanicus, FOTA
• The Plant List 2