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Physostigma venenosum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Balfour f.

Common Names

• Calabar Bean
• Ordeal Bean

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• forest.

Flowering Times

• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Oct

Tall climber or perennial creeper or twiner with trifoliate leaves, central leaflet 125mm x 100mm glabrous both surfaces, racemes 100mm long, purple to pink flowers edged white, glabrous calyx to 8mm, fruit dark brown pod to 150mm long, glabrous pod to 175mm x 45mm

Toxins

Further References

• Mobot
• net
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA