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Voacanga africana - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Voacanga africana - Branch with flowers - Click to enlarge!

Branch with flowers; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Voacanga africana - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Voacanga africana - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; British Komenda, Central Region, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1082
Date of entry: 04.06.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

Mandarin: 非洲马铃果 (fei zhou ma ling guo)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Voacanga (1)

            Epithet: africana Stapf ex S.Elliot. (7)

africana => of African origin

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Voacanga africana 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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