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Secamone afzelii

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Roemer & Schultes) K. Schumann

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Scrub forest
• coastal forest
• dry semi-decidous forest
• riverside
• woodland
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Twining glabrous liana with coriaceous leaves 60mm x 32mm. Axillary & terminal 2-flowered pubescent cymes or panicles 60mm x 32mm with bracts to 1.5mm long of fragrant white or yellow flowers,sepals 1mm long, glabrous yellow corolla 6mm diameter, 5-lobed, glabrous greenish lobes 3mm long, tube 3mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• Jstor
• Kew