Caloncoba echinata
Achariaceae
Habit
Tree
Fern
No
Predominant Habitat
Forest
Geographic Distribution
Liberia
IUCN Red-List
Not assessed
Synonyms
-
Rank
-
Taxon
-
Literature
Adansonia sér. 3, 19: 257
Vouchers
Bos 2255 (WAG); Jongkind 6807 (WAG)
Common Name(s)
Not Known
Notes
Usually a shrub but sometimes a small tree of the high forest understory. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules/stipule scars may be present; young twigs slightly winged below the nodes, lenticellate. Petiole swollen at both ends. Blade oblong – elliptic; margin entire, apex acuminate/caudate, base cunate/rounded; about 4 – 6 pairs of arching but not really looping laterals. Yellowish-orange sea-urchin-like fruits. Syn.: Oncoba echinata