Icacina mannii Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Icacinales > Icacinaceae > Icacina

Characteristics

A shrub that lies over or is a climber. It grows 6 m tall. It has a large tuberous root.
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A scandent shrub, to 20 ft. high
Flowers cream, scented
A large tuber
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Environment

Evergreen forest, swamp and gallery forests, forest clearings; at elevations from 5-1,200 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
In forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The root starch is probably more as a medicine. Caution: It contains cyanide, oxalates and phytates.
Uses medicinal social use
Edible roots tubers
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Icacina mannii world distribution map, present in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607929-1
WFO ID wfo-0000728997
COL ID 3P8DB
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Synonyms

Icacina mannii

Lower taxons

Icacina mannii var. lebrunii