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Strychnos aculeata

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

Solereder

Common Names

• Bombé (Bambindjere)

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Uganda
• Ivory Coast
• Guinea
• Sierra Leone

Natural Habitats

• Forest understorey

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• May
• Jul

Spiny glabrous liana with tendrils, glabrous leaves 150mm long, green to yellow fruit to 200mm diameter cannonball-like, may be dispersed by water or rolled downhill, 100mm long, purple or pinkish flowers in axillary cymes, calyx 1.5mm long, corolla 4mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA