Mostuea hirsuta (t.Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f.) Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gelsemiaceae > Mostuea

Characteristics

Corolla white, sometimes pale yellow or yellow-striped at the base
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Shrub or undershrub, 1-6 ft. high, with hairy branchlets
A small shrub. It grows 1 m high.
Fire resistant.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
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Environment

Open localities in rainforest or secondary forest, gallery forest or savannah, sometimes in moist localities, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,000 metres.
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In open places, in forest or savanna, sometimes in moist places
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forest and woodland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Mostuea hirsuta world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:546754-1
WFO ID wfo-0000378077
COL ID 44G84
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Synonyms

Coinochlamys angolana Mostuea schweinfurthii Mostuea poggeana Mostuea congolana Mostuea hirsuta Coinochlamys congolana Coinochlamys gabonica Coinochlamys hirsuta Coinochlamys poggeana Coinochlamys schweinfurthii Mostuea gabonica Mostuea periquetii Mostuea angolana Coinochlamys angolana var. laurentii