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Sherbournia bignoniiflora

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Welwitsch) Hua

Common Names

• Tepe'eba (Andiri)
• Tepeuebubu (Andiri)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• forest.

Flowering Times

• May

Fruiting Times

• Sep
• Dec Aug-Dec (Congo(DR))

Woody liane with leaves 225mm x 110mm, inflorescence with bracteoles, 70mm pink to red to orange flowers or white with purple markings, calyx 25mm long, corolla white outside & purple inside or orange variegated with purple, green to red fruit to 100mm long x33mm

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew