Sherbournia calycina Hua

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Sherbournia

Characteristics

A shrub or creeper. It is 1 m long. The flowers are cream-white or pink with purple marks. The ripe fruit are red or orange.
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Corolla white, fading to cream, sometimes pink
A scandent shrub or liane
Deep pink markings inside
Ripe fruits red or orange
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in secondary forest and on the edges of forests.
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Mostly in forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses environmental use food gene source medicinal
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Conception (unspecified), Cough (unspecified)
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Images

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Distribution

Sherbournia calycina world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:766363-1
WFO ID wfo-0000309731
COL ID 4X4GQ
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Synonyms

Randia doniana Randia sherborniae Sherbournia calycina Sherbournia foliosa Amaralia huana Amaralia sherbourniae Gardenia calycina Gardenia sherbourniae Randia amaralioides Amaralia calycina