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Rutidea fuscescens

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Hiern

Common Names

• Single Tail (Zimbabwe)

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• E. Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• forest
• streamside
• riverine forest
• evergreen rain forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Nov-Mar (Zimbabwe)

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec

Hairy liana, scrambling shrub or tree with leaves 75mm x 40mm, yellow-green fruit, terminal corymbs to 75mm diameter with bracteoles, of 10mm flowers, white or cream, hispid calyx to 2mm with 4 lobes, glabrous corolla with 4 lobes 3mm long, fruits yellow to red

Further References

• Mobot
• Botanicus
• FZ
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew