Artabotrys velutinus
Scott-Elliot
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A creeper or climbing shrub. It grows 3-8 m long. The stems have dense rusty coloured hairs. The leaves are oblong to sword shaped and 5-15 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The flowers are in groups of 1-9 flowers on hooked stalks. The fruit are green and turn red. They are oval and 1.3-1.9 cm long by 0.8-1.3 cm wide. There are 1-2 seeds. The seeds are dark.
Medicinal Uses
The leaves are used medicinally.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. In Sierra Leone it has been recorded at 1,100 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Africa, Benin, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo, Guinea, Guinée, Sierra Leone, Uganda, West Africa,
Production
Plants flower in June.
Notes
The leaves are used as medicine.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Akoo-ano, Boile, Jiri-madanba, Wudi-madanba-na
References (2)
- Brevard County Edible Acres (As Artabotrys boonei)
- Harris, D. J., 2002, The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, 2002. – 274 pages p 42
