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Hugonia planchonii

Botanic Family

Linaceae

Author

Hooker f.

Propagation

S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Ghana
• Guinea to Gabon
• Togo
• Sierra Leone
• Central African Republic
• Ivory Coast

Natural Habitats

• Coastal forest
• savanna forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Apr

Woody pubescent vine with tawny or rusty pubescent branches, green fruit, axillary cymes with bracts of yellow flowers, sepals 2-3 x longer than petals, petals with short claw 3mm long, globose drupe, glabrous coriaceous leaves with puberulous midrib 150mm x 50mm, tendrils

Further References

• Menninger 1970, Mobot
• FCP
• Botanicus
• Aluka
• The Plant List
• LJB
• FOTA