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Hugonia platysepala

Botanic Family

Linaceae

Author

Welwitsch ex Oliver

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Guinée
• Angola
• Togo
• Fernando Po
• Angola
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Jul

Small tree, shrub or lianescent pubescent shrub with serrate leaves glabrous above & hairy beneath 150mm x 60mm, yellow-orange drupe 20mm diameter, yellow or white flowers in axillary & terminal racemes, petals to 20mm long pilose outside, sepals 4mm

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• Botanicus
• Aluka
• The Plant List
• FOTA