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Jateorhiza macrantha

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

(Hooker f.) Exell & Mendonça

Common Names

• Kisombi-kisombi (Andiri)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• S. Nigeria
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Jun

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov

Extensive twining climber or rough-stemmed woody herb with blackish hairs on stems , 3-5 lobed leaves glabrous or glabrescent to 250mm diameter, orange setose drupe with brown hairs to 20mm long, yellow-green flowers,racemose panicles with bracts, of white male flowers

Medicinal

Further References

• Mobot
• Botanicus
• The Plant List
• FOTA
• Ichigawa