Cryptolepis calophylla (Baill.) L.Joubert & Bruyns

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Cryptolepis

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite shrub. It grows 7m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 7.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses fiber medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Urologic diseases (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cryptolepis calophylla world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77158571-1
WFO ID wfo-0001347029
COL ID ZXXR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Periploca calophylla Omphalogonus nigritanus Omphalogonus calophyllus Parquetina calophylla Cryptolepis calophylla

Lower taxons

Periploca calophylla var. mucronata