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Premna angolensis

Botanic Family

Verbenaceae

Author

Gürke

Common Names

• Mbabi (Bambindjere)
• Uluhororonshamba (Kiha)
• Ngbaku (Kibila)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Niger
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb

Liana, shrub or tree with glabrous branchlets, glabrous leaves 150mm long, terminal panicles of white flowers, purple stamens, calyx to 2mm long with minute lobes, corolla tube slightly longer than calyx with 4 lobes, pale green fruit ripening white

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew