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Trachyphrynium braunianum

Botanic Family

Marantaceae

Author

(K. Schumann) Baker

Common Names

• Apehihiango (Teturi)
• Padudu (Teturi)

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Tall straggling rhizomatous shrub or liana, glabrous leaves 150mm x 75mm with glabrous sheaths 100mm long, inflorescence with bracts 25mm long, paired whitish flowers 25mm long, pubescent sepals 12mm long, capsule 12mm diameter

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Ichigawa
• Kew