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Pentopetia androsaemifolia

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Decaisne

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Comoros
• Madagascar
• Seychelles

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane shrubland
• shrubland
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Oct (Madagascar)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jul

Twining glabrous liana with glabrous stems, leaves to 30mm x 18mm, pilose above becoming glabrous. Terminal, lateral or axillary cymes 3 to 12 flowers, white or greenish-yellow to reddish flowers, corolla to 15mm long, lobes to 15mm x 4mm, spotted red at base, glabrous follicles to 90mm x 8mm

Further References

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