Callichilia barteri — a medium houseplant
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Callichilia barteri

Callichilia Barteri

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Callichilia barteri grows as a shrub up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature a white corolla. Fruit is yellow to orange with paired follicles, each up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long. Habitat is in forests. Local medicinal uses include as a treatment for gonorrhoea and as an anthelmintic and childhood laxative. C. barteri is found in Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Callichilia
Family
Apocynaceae
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