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Illigera pentaphylla

Botanic Family

Hernandiaceae

Author

Welwitsch

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Equatorial Guinee
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• S. Nigeria
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Angola

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• montane forest edges

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• May
• Jun
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Jul Mar-Sep

Tall woody liana with glabrescent stems, coriaceous leaves with 2-5 leaflets, leaflets to 125mm x 60mm glabrus above puberulus beneath, 4-winged pale green fruit to 50mm long, fragrant white & purple flowers in axillary panicles or cymes, petiole twiner

Further References

• Mobot
• Welw
• P et B
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA