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Saba comorensis
Saba comorensis
- Botanic Family
- Apocynaceae
- Author
- (Bojer ex A.de Candolle) Pichon
Common Names
- Rubber tree
- Dadangi (Bambindjere)
- Pembe (Bambindjere)
- Vandribanga (Madagscar)
- Mabungo-makubwa (Tanzania)
- Matakufepo (Nduye)
- Ebeiye (Mawambo)
- Mangocha (Swahili)
- Mapa (Swahili)
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Riverine forest
- forest
- forest edge
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Fruiting Times
Liana or tall woody climber with branched tendrils, coriaceous glabrous leaves 175mm x 75mm. Terminal many-flowered cymes, corymbs of panicles with small bracts of 25mm fragrant yellow flowers with white lobes, pubescent calyx 3mm long, sweet-scented corolla white in throat becoming yellow at mouth, pubescent corolla tube to 22mm long with lobes to 30mm x 10mm. Globose 100mm diameter yellow to orange fruit.
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Mobot
- FCP
- de Candolle
- Timberlake
- The Plant List 2
- FOTA
- Kew
- FOL