Urobotrya congolana
Opiliaceae
Habit
Tree
Fern
No
Predominant Habitat
Forest
Geographic Distribution
Liberia
IUCN Red-List
Not assessed
Synonyms
Urobotrya afzelii
Rank
ssp.
Taxon
afzelii
Literature
Bot. Jahrb. 107: 144
Vouchers
Jongkind 6344 (WAG); van Harten 283 (BR, MO, WAG)
Common Name(s)
Not Known
Notes
Small understory tree of the rainforest. Often riparian. Leaf with a 2 – 4 mm long petiole; blade quite variable but with 4 – 8 pairs of laterals, the lowest pair very ascending from (close to) the base (tri-nerved); edge of lamina running into wrapped up edges of petiole channel. Twigs more or less zigzagged. Blade elliptic, obovate, oblanceolate, with entire margin. Tip (long) acuminate, base obtuse/cuneate.