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Secamone racemosa

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Bentham) Klackenberg

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Rwanda
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest
• marshland
• riversides
• secondary vegetation
• savanna woodland
• riverine bushland

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun
• Sep-Jan

Fruiting Times

• Sep

Twining glabrous subshrub with coriaceous leaves 100mm x 40mm. Axillary inflorescences 150mm long with 4-5 pairs or bracteoles, 4mm long white to yellowish-green, sometimes pinkish flowers with sepals 2mm long, corolla 12mm diameter, tube 4mm long, lobes 5.4mm long, follicles to 290mm long finely hairy

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew