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Smilax anceps

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Willdenow

Common Names

• Ekungu (Bambindjere)
• Havoatra (Madagascar)
• Rohidambo (Madagascar)
• Marokpe (Andiri)
• Amekiki (Mawambo)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• kenya
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Reunion
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Cape Province
• Natal
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Savanna woodland
• secondary growth
• forest edge
• streamside
• primary forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Jun
• Aug
• Nov

Spiny glabrous tendril liana with leaves to 150mm long, axillary umbels of greenish to yellow-white flowers, 16mm purple fruits

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew