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Strophanthus preussii
Strophanthus preussii
- Botanic Family
- Apocynaceae
- Author
- Engler & Pax
Common Names
- Medusa Flower
- Libobo Li Fufow (Zaire)
- Libobo Li Baina (Zaire)
- Lofandja (Zaire)
- Lofondja Moke (Zaire)
- Tiki (Central African Republic)
- Molo Tiki (Central African Republic)
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Benin
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Gulf of Guinea Islands
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zaire
Natural Habitats
- Scrub & woodland
- forest edge
- forest
- primary
- secondary or gallery forest
- forest margins & clearings
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Nov
Fruiting Times
Sprawling sarmentose glabrous shrub or liana, branches with white lenticels, glabrous leaves 125mm x 50mm, terminal cymes with bracts 16mm long to 48 flowers, calyx 20mm long, sepals 7mm across, puberulous corolla 26mm long, fragrant 15mm white aging cream to orange flowers suffused pink at base, red near mouth, red spotted & streaked inside with elongated tips with purple streaks in throat & a 300mm tail, divergent glabrous brown follicles to 190ยบ to 285mm long x 30mm
Further References
- E & M 1970
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Herklots 1976
- Huxley 1992
- Mobot
- Llamas 2003
- The Plant List 2
- Beentje
- FOTA
- Kew