Fruit; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer
Opened pod and seed; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer
Seed; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower side of leaf; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer
Fruits; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer
Branch; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 494
Date of entry: 09.03.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Connarales (2)
Family: Connaraceae (2)(family description)
Genus: Cnestis (1)
Epithet: ferruginea DC. (4)
Synonym: Cnestis fraterna Planch.
ferruginea => rust-coloured
fraterna => closely related, from latin 'frater' (brother)
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: beige, white
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