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Tacazzea apiculata
Tacazzea apiculata
- Botanic Family
- Apocynaceae
- Author
- Oliver
Common Names
- Wak Wange (Guinea)
- Nhandurrabo (Guineau-Bissau)
- Mancahaneide (Guinea-Bissau)
- Mäntä (Senegal)
- Tèmba Tèmb (Senegal)
- Mãnkaranèdi (Senegal)
- Vak Vãng (Senegal)
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Natal
- Transvaal - South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zaire
- Zambia
Natural Habitats
- Riverine woodland
- understorey of dry forest
- riverside
- thickets
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Fruiting Times
Twining vine or subshrub with tomentose stems, nearly glabrous leaves to 125mm x 85mm glabrous above puberulous beneath. Panicles to 150mm long with glabrous bracts 3mm long, yellow-green flowers sometimes reddish-yellow or purplish outside to 20mm long in glabrous or tomentose pubescent sepals 2mm long, dark purple or red glabrous corolla lobes 6mm long, with pale yellow glabrous lobes 7mm long. Twin divergent tomentose or glabrous follicles to 75mm x 12mm
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Mobot
- Jstor
- FCP
- The Plant List 2
- FOTA
- Kew