Strychnos afzelii Gilg

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Loganiaceae > Strychnos

Characteristics

A creeper. It has single tendrils. The stems can be 50 cm long. The leaves are opposite. The flowers are small and white but in large groups. The fruit is a flattened berry. It is 11-16 mm long by 9-13 mm wide. There is usually one seed 10-14 mm long by 9-11 mm wide.
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Very small white flowers in many-flowered axillary cymes
Solitary tendrils
A liane
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 35.0
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Environment

River banks or in moist localities in periodically inundated rainforest, including secondary forest and coastal swamp forest, from sea-level up to 700 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 700 m above sea level.
In forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food gum material medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Strychnos afzelii world distribution map, present in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547031-1
WFO ID wfo-0000502816
COL ID 536Z4
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Synonyms

Strychnos erythrocarpa Strychnos zizyphoides Strychnos afzelii