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Secamone brevipes

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Bentham) Klackenberg

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Congo
• Gabon
• S. Nigeria
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Primary & secondary forest
• disturbed areas
• riversides
• savanna
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May

Fruiting Times

Twining subshrub or liana with brown-pubescent stems, leaves 75mm x 32mm glabrous both surfaces, sub-axillary cymes with bracts to 2mm long, of 2mm scented white flowers aging yellow to orange with 7.5mm lobes, sepals to 2.5mm long, glabrous white corolla 12mm diameter, follicles to 100mm long, sparsely reddish-hairy

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew