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Leptadenia hastata - Inflorescences - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescences; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2005 © Jörn Germer

Leptadenia hastata - Leaf - Click to enlarge!

Leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2005 © Jörn Germer

Leptadenia hastata - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2005 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 88
Date of entry: 27.06.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Asclepiadaceae (4)(family description)

          Genus: Leptadenia (1)

            Epithet: hastata (Pers.) Decne. (2)

hastata => spear or halberd-like (hasta, spear)

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: liana

Flower colour: green, white

External links

Check for Leptadenia hastata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [18] Arbonnier, M. (2004): Trees, shrubs and lianas of West African dry zones. CIRAD, Paris, France; Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany; MNHN, Paris, France.

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