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Rutidea orientalis

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Bridson

Common Names

• Fringe Tail (Zimbabwe)

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Riverine forest
• riverine forest edge
• swamp edge

Flowering Times

• Aug-Dec (Zimbabwe) Feb
• Jun

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct

Scrambling shrub or twining climber with strongly scented white flowers, diameter yellow-orange fruit ripening purple-black

Further References

• FZ
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew