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Macrosphyra longistyla

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(de Candolle) Hooker f. ex Hiern

Common Names

• Aziguidigokui or Zébligohoun (Aïzo) Azonhoungogoé (Cotafon)
• Tiluomugbadi (Gourmantché)

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkino Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Uganda
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Mountaintop
• forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Nov

Scrambling unarmed shrub to 3.6m with hirsute shoots .Leaves 185mm x 120mm villous above, tomentose beneath. Terminal corymbose fascicles of scented 75mm white or cream flowers, pubescent calyx to 12mm long, corolla tube hirsute outside, corolla limb to 40mm diameter. Dark green fruits flecked yellow to 50mm x 45mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• Kew
• Traditional Vegetables in Benin