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Tetracera alnifolia

Botanic Family

Dilleniaceae

Author

Willdenow

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Ghana
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Zambia
• Togo
• Benin
• Ivory Coast
• Guinea
• Senegal
• Gambia
• Sierra Leone
• Nigeria
• Fernando Po
• Angola

Natural Habitats

• Mangrove forest
• streamsid
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct

Twining liana with smooth or scabrous branches, pinkish-red fruit to 8mm, panicles of white flowers to 16mm diameter with hairy sepals glabrous within, carpel glabrous or nearly so, glabrous or glabrescent denticulate leaves150mm long x 85mm across, upper surface roughish or brown velvety

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Mobot
• FCP
• Botanicus
• The Plant List
• FOTA