Guinea leea

Scientific Name :

Leea guineensis G. Don.

Synonym(s) :

Leea coccinea Planch.

Local/Common name(s) :

Guinea leea

Family :

Leeaceae

Habit :

Shrubs

Flowering/Fruiting Time :

May-August

Habitat :

Evergreen forests

Endemic :

Status (IUCN) :

Distribution :

Indo-Malaysia and Africa

Nativity :

Indigenous

Uses :

Description (Morphology) :

Shrubs. Leaves bipinnate, leaflets 13-17 x 3-6 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, base truncate or acute, serrate; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, intercostae sub-scalariform; petiolule 5-7 mm long; rachis to 23 cm long; stipules obovate, ca. 4 cm long. Cymes 2-6 cm across. Flowers crimson red, densely packed, 3-5 mm across. Calyx and corolla glabrous. Staminal tube shortly notched at apex. Berry 6-lobed, 6-7 mm across.