Family:
Celastraceae R.Br.
Genus:
Cuervea Triana ex Miers

Cuervea macrophylla (Vahl) R.Wilczek

This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to NW. Angola.

[FWTA]

Celastraceae, R. A. Blakelock. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Climbing shrub
Morphology Leaves
Leaves often more than 15 cm. long and 8 cm. broad
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white, very fragrant
Ecology
In forest, often by streams.

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zaïre

Cuervea macrophylla (Vahl) R.Wilczek appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2007 Onana, J.-M. [2808], Cameroon K000023322 No
Oct 1, 2007 Darbyshire, I. [292], Cameroon K000023323 No
Oct 1, 1982 Letouzey, R. [15156], Cameroon K000093529 No
Maitland, T.D. [563], Cameroon K000093531 No
Maitland, T.D. [563], Cameroon K000093530 No

First published in Fl. Congo Belge 9: 141 (1960)

Accepted by

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0