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Keetia zanzibarica

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Klotzsch) Bridson

Common Names

• Mpenda Pendapo (Kiswahili)
• Pumba Za Paka=Cat's Testicles (Kiswahili)
• Biko (Nduye)

Geographical Habitats

• Central African Republic
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Jul
• Oct
• Dec

Lianescent shrub or sometimes scandent unarmed shrub, coriaceous glabrous leaves 110mm x 55mm , green fruit to 12mm long, yellow-green flowers in panicles 50mm diameter with bracteoles, white flowers to 6mm long, calyx tube hispid, corolla throat pubescent

Used for painting bark cloth, arrow poison. Stems & leaves have medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Ichigawa
• Kew