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Uvaria versicolor

Botanic Family

Annonaceae

Author

Pierre ex Engler & Diels

Common Names

• Mswankala (Kiha)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thicket edge
• coastal forest
• woodland
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Aug

Liana with terminal or lateral inflorescences, solitary or paired of greenish-yellow flowers darker in the centre, brown-green rusty-tomentose fruit 40mm long x 20mm

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• HB
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2