It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests from the lowland to mountains in West Africa.
Life form | perennial | ||||||||||||
Growth form | herb | ||||||||||||
Growth support | epiphyte | ||||||||||||
Foliage retention | |||||||||||||
Sexuality | monoecy | ||||||||||||
Pollination | - | ||||||||||||
Spread | - | ||||||||||||
Mature width (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
Mature height (meter) | 0.95 - 1.4 | ||||||||||||
Root system | - | ||||||||||||
Rooting depth (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
Root diameter (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
Flower color | |||||||||||||
Blooming months |
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Fruit color | - | ||||||||||||
Fruiting months | - | ||||||||||||
Nitrogen fixer | - | ||||||||||||
Photosynthetic pathway | - |
Light | - |
Soil humidity | - |
Soil texture | - |
Soil acidity | - |
Soil nutriment | - |
Hardiness (USDA) |
Uses | food medicinal |
Edible | leaves |
Therapeutic use | - |
Human toxicity | - |
Animal toxicity | - |
Mode | seedlings |
Germination duration (days) | 15 - 60 |
Germination temperacture (C°) | 21 - 26 |
Germination luminosity | - |
Germination treatment | - |
Minimum temperature (C°) | - |
Optimum temperature (C°) | - |
Size | - |
Vigor | - |
Productivity | - |
LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105151-1 |
WFO ID | wfo-0000824743 |
COL ID | 7SGH9 |
BDTFX ID | - |
INPN ID | - |
Wikipedia (EN) | |
Wikipedia (FR) | Link |