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Keetia gueinzii

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Sonder) Bridson

Common Names

• Urugozigozi (Kirundi)
• Climbing Turkey-berry
• Rankbokdrol

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Cape Province
• Natal
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges

Flowering Times

• May
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec All year

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Nov

Evergreen climbing or scrambling shrub or small tree with branchlets covered in brownish hairs. Slightly fragrant greenish-cream flowers in dense axillary heads, fruit a drup dul green to black

Further References

• Mobot
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• Kew