Rourea coccinea (Schumach. & Thonn.) Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Connaraceae > Rourea

Characteristics

A small shrub. It can be a woody climber. It can grow 20 m tall.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.91
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and near rivers. It can be in palm groves. In Nigeria it has been recorded at 230 and 1,440 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food gene source material medicinal poison
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Therapeutic use Ache(Ear) (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Impotency (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified)
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Distribution

Rourea coccinea world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Zambia

Conservation status

Rourea coccinea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:264741-1
WFO ID wfo-0000398858
COL ID 4TH78
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Synonyms

Rourea coccinea Byrsocarpus inodorus Byrsocarpus ledermannii Byrsocarpus puniceus Byrsocarpus tisseramii Rourea inodora Byrsocarpus parvifolius Byrsocarpus puberulus Byrsocarpus coccineus Byrsocarpus tisserantii Rourea coccinea subsp. coccinea Rourea coccinea var. coccinea

Lower taxons

Rourea coccinea var. viridis Rourea coccinea subsp. boiviniana