Cercestis dinklagei
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| Cercestis dinklagei | |
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| Botanical drawing, 1911 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Cercestis |
| Species: | C. dinklagei |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercestis dinklagei | |
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Cercestis dinklagei is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae that is native to West and West Central tropical Africa.[1] It is a slender stem climber that produces long leafless shoots called flagella at intervals along the stem.[2] The leaves of Cercestis dinklagei are petiolate and glabrous, with a petiole that is 4-8 inches long and a blade that is 6-10 inches long.[3] The blade is elongated-sagit-tate-lanceolate or hastate, with a front lobe that is oblong-lanceolate and acuminate.[3]
There is no information available on the color of the spathe or spadix of Cercestis dinklagei. However, a related species, Cercestis stigmaticus, has a purple base on its spathe and a creamy-colored spadix.[4]