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Rhaphiostylis beninensis

Botanic Family

Icacinaceae

Author

(Hooker f. ex Planchon) Planchon ex Bentham

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Congo
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Senegal
• Guinea
• The Gambia
• Sierra Leone
• Liberia
• Ivory Coast
• Togo
• Benin
• Nigeria
• Gabon
• Angola
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Kenya

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Nov

High-climbing liana, scandent glabrous shrub or tree with coriaceous glabrous leaves 150mm x 55mm, pale yellow fruit flushed pink turning bright red,fragrant white flowers maturing orange-cream, flowers to 8mm long few to many in axillary fascicles to 7mm long, glabrous calyx, fruit to 13mm x 20mm

Further References

• Mobot
• Aluka
• Botanicus
• The Plant List
• FOTA