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Laccosperma secundiflorum

Botanic Family

Arecaceae

Author

(P. Beauvois) Kuntze

Common Names

• Asperge
• Keko (Andiri
• Nduye)
• Koko (Teturi)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Swamp forest
• wet areas
• forests
• coastal
• river mouth
• primary forest

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Jul
• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Climbing rattan palm with spiny stems to 18m, leaves 4.2m long with sheath to 450mm long spiny near apex, up to 55 leaflets 125mm long x 12mm, spadix to 1.8m long with branches to 900mm & bracts, creamy yellow flowers with an unpleasant smell, calyx 4mm long corolla 8mm long with lobes 3mm wide, red-orange berry 12mm x 10mm, loses thorns on older stems

Stems cooked & eaten, split stems used in basketry, thatching, construction, furniture-making, medicinal uses, stems used for bow strings, ropes & cordage

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• Ichigawa