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Rytigynia celastroides

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Baillon) Verdcourt

Common Names

• Noo-tatu (Kimatumbi)

Geographical Habitats

• Kenya
• Mozambique
• Natal - South Africa
• Tanzania

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest
• thickets
• grassland
• riverine thickets
• shrubland
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Apr
• May

Fruiting Times

Spiny scrambling shrub or small tree with pubescent branches, inflorescence to 7 flowers, white, cream, yellow, greenish or greenish-white to 2mm long with lobes to 3.5mm long, fruit black to 9.5mm wide

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew