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Hymenodictyon floribundum

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Hochstetter & Steudel) B.L. Robinson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• rain forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Occasionally a twining liana, more often a tree or shrub. Coriaceous leaves 200mm x 120mm glabrate above puberulous on veins beneath. Terminal erect racemes to 260mm long, flowers subtended by bracts 55mm x 18mm, green calyx with lobes to 2mm, red to yellow tinged greenish corolla to 7mm long with lobes to 1mm. Red-brown lenticellate capsule to 15mm x 6mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• BJLS