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Phytolacca dodecandra

Botanic Family

Phytolaccaceae

Author

L'Héritier

Common Names

• Olatapa (Kimaasai)
• Atoedikuko (Andiri) Aferudikuko (Andiri)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierra Leone
• Cape Provinces
• Natal - South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• secondary forest
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Scandent shrub or woody climber to 18m, with leaves to 100mm long, racemes with minute bracts, of white or green with yellow flowers, sweetly scented, green fruits ripening red

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• chigawa