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Strophanthus mortehanii

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

de Wildeman

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Swamp forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Oct-Jun (Zaire)

Fruiting Times

Liana, inflorescence to 16 flowers, corolla tube to 21mm long reddish-purple outside, cream & purple streaked inside, lobes including tails 100mm long, divergent follicles to 290mm long dark or purple-brown glabrous

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Kew