Cnestis corniculata Lam.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Connaraceae > Cnestis

Characteristics

Flowers cream-white in short clustered racemes sometimes on the older branches
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A woody climber with roughly pilose branchlets
Fruits red, covered with pungent bristles
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 8.53 - 9.45
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Environment

Growing into trees in the forest.
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In forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal poison social use
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Cnestis corniculata world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Cnestis corniculata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:264219-1
WFO ID wfo-0000612677
COL ID WHWT
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Synonyms

Cnestis riparia Cnestis corniculata Cnestis dinklagei Cnestis gabunensis Cnestis gimbiensis Cnestis grandiflora Cnestis grisea Cnestis hirsuta Cnestis mullendersii Cnestis polyantha Cnestis pynaertii Cnestis sapinii Cnestis trichopoda Cnestis vanderystii Cnestis zenkeri Spondioides pruriens Cnestis agelaeoides Cnestis angolensis Cnestis aurantiaca Cnestis calantha Cnestis calocarpa Cnestis cinnabarina Cnestis claessensii Cnestis confertiflora Cnestis congolana Cnestis iomalla Cnestis lescrauwaetii Cnestis leucantha Cnestis leucanthoides Cnestis longiflora Agelaea pruriens Cnestis emarginata Cnestis setosa