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Rhigiocarya racemifera

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

Miers

Common Names

• Ganta Vine

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• S. Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• lowland forest
• wet areas
• riverside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Jul

Woody liana with corky branches, high-climbing, leaves 100mm across, fruits ripening purple-black, male flowers in axillary racemes or panicles

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• FCP
• Botanicus
• The Plant List
• FOTA