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Hymenodictyon parvifolium

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Oliver

Common Names

• Yellow Firebush
• Geelbrandbos
• Mtumpho or Nherenhere (Mozambique)
• Mulinditi (Kenya)

Geographical Habitats

• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Tanzania
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Grassland
• woodland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Nov

Shrub, climber or small deciduous tree to 10m. Leaves to 90mm x 59mm, bright yellow autumn colour. Flowers in terminal racemes to 120mm long, Calyx lobes to 2.5mm long, corolla tube to 5mm long, lobes to 1.5mm long, corolla yellow aging white to dark brown. red-brown leniticellate fruit a capsule to 40mm x 10mm, grey or reddish-brown.

Root has medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• BJLS