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Marsdenia schimperi

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Decaisne

Common Names

• Mbombise (Kipare-Chome)
• Nakapia (Kindengereko)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Yemen

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• Aug
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Sep

Pubescent woody twiner with leaves 100mm x 55mm pubescent above tomentose beneath, lateral cymes with bracts 2mm long, white flowers, sepals 4mm long, corolla tube 3mm long sparsely hairy within with lobes 6.5mm x 2mm, corona lobes 2mm long, pubescent follicles 75mm x 20mm

Further References

• Mobot
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew