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Nauclea latifolia
Nauclea latifolia
- Botanic Family
- Rubiaceae
- Author
- Smith
Common Names
- Negro Peach
- Ozoudzougou (Batéké)
- African Peach
- Guinea Peach
- Sierra Leone Peach
- Country Fig
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Gulf of Guinea Islands
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zaire
Natural Habitats
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Semi-climbing nearly glabrous shrub or tree with coriaceous leaves to 300mm x 250mm glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Axillary & terminal heads to 50mm diameter of fragrant white, pink or yellowish flowers, toothed calyx, white scented corolla to 9.5mm, Brownish-red warty fruit with edible core.
Further References
- FCP
- Jstor
- Mobot
- Botanicus
- FOTA
- Kew
- FOL