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Leptoderris brachyptera

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Bentham) Dunn

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Tall liana or wide climbing shrub with finely velvety woody branches. Imparipinnate leaves to 300mm long with 5-7 coriaceous leaflets, terminal leaflet to 250mm x 175mm, glabrous above ferrugineous tomentose beneath. 600mm long racemes of 12mm pale pink to scarlet flowers, grey-velvety calyx to 4mm, pink corolla to 12mm. Glabrous pod to 75mm x 25mm with 3mm wide wing along upper suture

Further References

• FCP
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• FOTA