Macrosphyra longistyla (Dc.) Hook.F. ex Hiern

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Macrosphyra

Characteristics

A shrub or woody creeper. It has long arching stems. They can be 4 m long. The flowers are yellow and white and have a strong scent.
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Corolla-tube and exposed parts of lobes in bud cream or yellow, inner part of lobes white or cream
Flowers with a strong, sweet scent.
A scandent shrub
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in damp depressions in waste places in secondary jungle along the coastal regions of West Africa. In Nigeria it has been recorded up to 1,440 m above sea level.
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Damp depressions in waste places of secondary jungles, usually along coastal areas, but sometimes found inland in west Africa.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The pulp of the fruit is eaten. The young leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses environmental use material medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Macrosphyra longistyla world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77166764-1
WFO ID wfo-0000232682
COL ID 7344H
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Synonyms

Oxyanthus villosus Randia longistyla Solena longistyla Macrosphyra longistyla Gardenia longistyla Gardenia paleacea Macrosphyra paleacea