Bequaertia
| Bequaertia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Bequaertia R.Wilczek (1956) |
| Species: | B. mucronata
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| Binomial name | |
| Bequaertia mucronata (Exell) R.Wilczek (1956)
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Bequaertia mucronata is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Celastraceae. It is a climbing shrub or liana native to western and central tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to southwestern Uganda. It grows in damp forests and on river banks.[1] It is the sole species in genus Bequaertia.[2]
Plants can grow 15 to 25 meters tall. The main stem can exceed 10 cm in diameter, and branches are covered in a brownish-red bark which becomes pale and flaky with age. Leaves are elliptic in shape, (5–)9–14 cm long and 3–5 cm wide, with a papery texture. Flowers are 4–5 mm in diameter with fleshy incurved petals, which are white at first and change to orange, rose-salmon and finally brownish-red.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bequaertia mucronata (Exell) R.Wilczek. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Bequaertia R.Wilczek | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 March 2021.