Landolphia hirsuta (Hua) Pichon

Species

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Characteristics

A large woody climber. It grows 20 m long and the stem can be 10-15 cm around. The fruit is round and 5-8 cm across. The pulp is sweet and edible.
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Small, yellowish or greenish-yellow flowers, in dense, often many-flowered cymes.
Climber up to 60 ft.high, with tendrils
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Environment

Scrambling into trees in the forest and galleried forest, often on river-banks.
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A tropical plant. It grows in forests and along rivers.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Landolphia hirsuta world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:79630-1
WFO ID wfo-0000222787
COL ID 6NX9G
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Synonyms

Landolphia hirsuta Carpodinus hirsuta