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Marsdenia rubicunda

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(K. Schumann) N.E. Brown

Propagation

C.L.S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Botswana
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Mozambique
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Woody climber, glabrous leaves pulverulent beneath 85mm x 75mm, cymes, sepals 2mm x 1.5mm, corolla 1mm diameter with tube 2mm long, lobes 5mm x 2.5mm glasbrous on back pubescent within, coronal lobes 3.5mm long, follicles 4-winged 85mm long, wings crenate or toothed

Medicinal uses, bark fibre, fruits edible.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew