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Tetracera potatoria

Botanic Family

Dilleniaceae

Author

Afzelius ex G. Don

Conservation Status

Near threatened

Common Names

• Water tree (Sierra Leone)
• Ngooto (Zaire)
• Okukuko (Andiri
• Nduye)
• Mambi (Nduye)
• Ngouto (Mawambo)

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gambia
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Woodland edge
• thicket
• forest
• savanna

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

Scandent more or less hairy shrub or liana with scabrous branches, terminal panicles with bracts to 6mm, of sweet-scented white flowers 12mm diameter, nearly glabrous sepals to 10mm long, fruit to 8mm long, 6mm wide, rough-surfaced leaves & stems, glabrous leaves to 75mm long x 40mm or often with scattered hairs above, appressed hairs beneath

Sap like water & potable, leaves used for poishing wood.

Further References

• Aluka
• FCP
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• FOL