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Rutidea olenotricha

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Hiern

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• South Sudan
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Swamp forest
• thickets
• woodland
• forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Sep
• Nov

Woody twining liana or shrub with rusty-red tomentose stems, leaves 135mm x 75mm glabrescent above pubescent beneath, terminla panicles qith bracteoles, hairy yellow or white flowers with 4.75mm long tubes, lobes to 2.75mm in terminal & axillary panicles, calyx 3mm long pubescent outside, whitish corolla hirsute outside with lobes 2mm long, fruit to 7mm diameter, orange to red, pubescent on veins of leaves, unpleasant smell

Further References

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