Rhigiocarya racemifera Miers

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Rhigiocarya

Characteristics

A large creeper or vine. The stems can be several metres long. The stems are 3-5 cm across at the base. The flowers are greenish or yellowish-white.
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Flowers greenish or yellowish-white.
Lower part of stem warty
Large liane
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
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Dense, humid, evergreen or semi-deciduous forest, also in forest edges and in secondary forest, at elevations up to 800 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 800 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses food material medicinal social use
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Rhigiocarya racemifera world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581341-1
WFO ID wfo-0000404334
COL ID 4S6WV
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Synonyms

Rhigiocarya racemifera Chasmanthera nervosa Miersiophyton nervosum Rhigiocarya nervosa