Tacazzea apiculata Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Tacazzea

Characteristics

A woody climber. It can be 20 m long. It has milky sap. The leaves are opposite and oval. They are pointed at the tip. The flowers are creamy white and occur in groups. The petals are net back. The flowers grow in the axils of the leaves. The fruit are capsules that occur in pairs.
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Woody climber, up to 10 m high. Leaves glabrous or densely pubescent below, apex rounded or emarginate and apiculate, base rounded or cordate. Corolla glabrous. Corona lobes intertwined above stigma, glabrous. Flowers pale green to pale yellow or reddish.
Masses of creamy-white flowers.
A luxuriant dry forest climber
Life form perennial
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the under-storey in dry forest in West Africa. It grows throughout most of tropical Africa. It grows along streams. It grows from sea level to 2,000 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Uses environmental use food material medicinal poison social use
Edible flowers leaves
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Images

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Distribution

Tacazzea apiculata world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:102071-1
WFO ID wfo-0000411246
COL ID 7BD32
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Synonyms

Tacazzea apiculata Tacazzea nigritana Tacazzea thollonii Tacazzea bagshawei Tacazzea brazzaeana Tacazzea verticillata Periploca apiculata Tacazzea kirkii Tacazzea welwitschii Tacazzea barteri