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Ritchiea capparoides

Botanic Family

Capparaceae

Author

(Andrews) Britten

Propagation

D.S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed area
• forest.

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Nov

Twining glabrous liana to 6m, shrub or tree with trifoliate leaves. Corymbs of greenish-white orcream flowers with sweet odour, petals to 50mm+ long. Lime green fruit,grooved cylindrical fruit to 60mm long.

Leaves have medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• Timberlake
• Jstor
• FOL