Psydrax acutiflorus
(Hiern) Bridson
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Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests between 400-1,300 m above sea level. In Nigeria it is recorded to 1,660 m above sea level.
Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo DR, Gabon, Mali, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, West Africa,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A low lying shrub or climber. The flowers are in the axils of leaves.
Names & Synonyms
Corda-d'agua
Canthium acarophytum (De Wild.) C. M. EvrardCanthium acutiflorum HiernCanthium henriquesianum (K. Schum.) G. TaylorCanthium lacusvictoriae BullockPlectronia acarophyta De Wild.Plectronia acutiflora (Hiern) K. Schum.Plectronia henriquesiana K. Schum.
References (2)
- Chapman, J. D. & Chapman, H. M., 2001, The Forest Flora of Taraba and Andamawa States, Nigeria. WWF & University of Canterbury. p 199
- Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 30 (As Canthium acutiflorum)
