Crotonogyne caterviflora
N. E. Br.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: ?
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, 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 shrub. It grows 6 m tall. It is scaly. The leaves are oblong to sword shaped and 10-18 cm long by 4-7 cm wide. Male and female flowers are separate in the same clump of flowers.
Names & Synonyms
Crotonogyne chevalieri (Beille) KeayNeomanniophyton caterviflorum (N. E. Br.) PaxNeomanniophyton chevalieri Beille
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
