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Stephania abyssinica

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

(Quartin-Dillon & A Richard) Walpers

Common Names

• Utietu (Andiri)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Cape Provinces
• Free State
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Yemen
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• streamside
• riverine forest
• forest
• shrubland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Jun
• Jul
• Dec

Rampant twining liana or herb with disagreeable odour, glabrous leaves to 125mm x 125mm, umbels of yellow flowers, 3-4 petals shorter than inner sepals, red or yellow fruit

Ritual medicine

Further References

• Mobot
• Schmelzer
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Ichigawa