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Orthopichonia barteri

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Stapf) H. Huber

Common Names

• Makalasei (Nduye)
• Akale (Teturi)
• Akare (Mawambo)
• Mangocha (Swahili)
• Mapa (Swahili)

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edges.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• May
• Jul

Tall woody glabrous tendril liane, bark with minute lenticels, with leaves 110mm x 50mm with wavy margins, green to yellowish avocado shaped warty fruits up 80mm long, 100mm diameter, turning orange, white flowers in axillary clusters with minute bracts, glabrous calyx 1mm long, corolla glabrous without, tube 5mm long & lobes 6mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew