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Penianthus longifolius

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Name

Identification
Penianthus longifolius Not on sheet. [family MENISPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
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Flora

Entry for Penianthus longifolius Miers [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Names
Penianthus longifolius Miers [family MENISPERMACEAE], —F.T.A. 1: 60: Diels l.c. 101, t. 37, L–P; Chev. Fl. Viv. 1: 123; Troupin in Fl. Congo Belge 2: 253 (1951).
Penianthus fruticosus Hutch. & Dalz. [family MENISPERMACEAE], F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 1: 74 (1927); Kew Bull1927: 157.
Information
A small tree or shrub, to 15 ft. high. inforest; male flowers cream, female brown-red; fruit red.
Habitat
forest
Distribution
S. Nig. Oban Talbot 1444!Br. Cam. Cam. Mt., 500 ft. (Jan.) Mann 1205! S. Bakundu F.R. (fr. Mar.) Brenan 9482! Kumba (fr. Sept.) Rosevear 99/37! R. Metschum falls, Bamenda (Jan.) Keay FHI 28530!F. Po (fl. Jan., fr. June) Mann 194! Barter!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Ubangi
Spanish Guinea
Gabon
Belgian Congo

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