Sphenocentrum jollyanum Pierre

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Sphenocentrum

Characteristics

An erect shrub. It grows 1.4 m high. The fruit is made up of 3-12 fleshy fruit each oval and 26 mm long by 16 mm wide. They are yellow to orange when ripe.
More
Sparingly branched evergreen, shrub or treelet, to 4 ft. high
Fruits bright orange
Flowers cream
Life form -
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the undergrowth in dense forest in West Africa. It grows from sea level to 400 m above sea level. It grows in areas with an average temperature between 20°-29°C. The average rainfall is 1,800 mm or more.
More
The undergrowth of rainforest, often in deep shade, also in gallery forest, from sea-level up to 400 metres.
Abundant in forest undergrowth.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The roots are acid and bitter when first eaten but make foods eaten next to taste sweet. The fruit are eaten.
Uses food material medicinal
Edible fruits roots
Therapeutic use Chewstick (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Sweetener (unspecified), Tumor(Breast) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Sphenocentrum jollyanum world distribution map, present in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581382-1
WFO ID wfo-0000505174
COL ID 4YVCN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sphenocentrum jollyanum