Agelaea pentagyna Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Connaraceae > Agelaea

Characteristics

A woody creeper. It climbs 25 m high. The stems are square in cross section and 15 cm across. The leaves are compound with a larger leaflet at the end. The flowers are at the end of the plant and 30 cm long. The flowers have a sweet scent. The petals are white. The fruit have 1-3 follicles. These are 1.6 cm long by 0.9 cm wide. They are reddish brown and have a dense covering. The seeds are purplish-black and shiny. They are 1.1 cm long by 0.7 cm wide. There is an orange layer around the seeds. It is fleshy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 11.52
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountain rainforest. It is often along river banks. It suits humid locations. In Malawi it occurs from 700-1,900 m altitude.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses environmental use food gene source material medicinal poison
Edible flowers fruits leaves saps
Therapeutic use Dentifrice (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Agelaea pentagyna world distribution map, present in Madagascar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:264099-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523775
COL ID 65QC9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Omphalobium nervosum Omphalobium villosum Agelaea australis Agelaea coccinea Agelaea cordata Agelaea demeusei Agelaea dewevrei Agelaea duchesnei Agelaea elegans Agelaea floccosa Agelaea glandulosissima Agelaea gracilis Agelaea pentagyna Agelaea phaeocarpa Agelaea phaseolifolia Agelaea setulosa Agelaea sublanata Agelaea thouarsiana Cnestis trifolia Agelaea hirsuta Agelaea katangensis Agelaea koneri Agelaea lamarckii Agelaea leopoldvilleana Agelaea lescrauwaetii Agelaea longecalyculata Agelaea longifoliata Agelaea lucida Agelaea macrocarpa Agelaea marginata Agelaea mayottensis Agelaea mildbraedii Agelaea neglecta Agelaea nitida Agelaea obliqua Agelaea obovata Agelaea oligantha Agelaea ovalis Agelaea pilosa Agelaea preussii Agelaea punctulata Agelaea pynaertii Agelaea trifolia Agelaea villosa Agelaea zenkeri Agelaea grisea Cnestis obliqua Connarus pentagynus Connarus punctulatus Agelaea heterophylla Omphalobium pentagynum Agelaea emetica Agelaea emetica Agelaea pseudobliqua Agelaea reticulata Agelaea tricuspidata Agelaea ugandensis Agelaea usambarensis Agelaea ustulata Agelaea hirsuta var. likimensis Agelaea hirsuta var. malchairii Agelaea obliqua var. usambarensis Agelaea obliqua var. cordata Agelaea puncutulata