Inflorescence; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer
Flowers; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer
Branch; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion and curling leaf tip tendril; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer
Habit; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1455
Date of entry: 27.11.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Poales (5)
Family: Flagellariaceae (2)(family description)
Genus: Flagellaria (2)
Epithet: guineensis Schum. (2)
Synonym: Flagellaria indica var. guineensis (Schumach.) Engl.
guineensis => indicates origin in the Guinea Coast
indica => from or referring in some way to India
Climate: tropical
Habit: liana, shrub
Flower colour: beige, white