All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Innocent Medjo, Patrick Blanc, Marc Jeanson and Jules Ngueguim holding a fruiting specimen of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

    Innocent Medjo, Patrick Blanc, Marc Jeanson and Jules Ngueguim holding a fruiting specimen of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

  • Patrick Blanc and Innocent Medjo holding a fruiting specimen of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

    Patrick Blanc and Innocent Medjo holding a fruiting specimen of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

  • Patrick Blanc and Marc Jeanson holding a fruiting specimen of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

    Patrick Blanc and Marc Jeanson holding a fruiting specimen of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

  • Patrick Blanc showing a fruiting specimen of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

    Patrick Blanc showing a fruiting specimen of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

  • Patrick Blanc showing the leaf and infructescence of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

    Patrick Blanc showing the leaf and infructescence of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

  • Cercestis blancii, terminal infructescence and nodal basal scars of aborting inflorescences and cataphyll axillary continuing shoot

    Cercestis blancii, terminal infructescence and nodal basal scars of aborting inflorescences and cataphyll axillary continuing shoot

  • Cercestis blancii, infructescence with separate mature berries and persistent male part of the spadix, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, infructescence with separate mature berries and persistent male part of the spadix, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, apical dried upper male part of the spadix in the infructescence, the basal male stamens retaining the dry thecae, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, apical dried upper male part of the spadix in the infructescence, the basal male stamens retaining the dry thecae, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, mature infructescence partly enclosed in the persistent green hardening spathe, Ebodjé, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, mature infructescence partly enclosed in the persistent green hardening spathe, Ebodjé, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, persisting undamaged spthe protecting the base of mature infructescence, with corky lines along the veins, Ebodjé, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, persisting undamaged spthe protecting the base of mature infructescence, with corky lines along the veins, Ebodjé, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, each baccate fruit with a thick pericarp and a large white cotyledonary storaging hyperphyll, Ebodjé, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, each baccate fruit with a thick pericarp and a large white cotyledonary storaging hyperphyll, Ebodjé, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, one monosperm berry with 2 mm thick pericarp enclosing the big seed with the large white storaging cotyledonary hyperphyll, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, one monosperm berry with 2 mm thick pericarp enclosing the big seed with the large white storaging cotyledonary hyperphyll, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, germination of the big seed, the epicotylous axis being first orthotropous and producing a long internode followed by a small cataphyll

    Cercestis blancii, germination of the big seed, the epicotylous axis being first orthotropous and producing a long internode followed by a small cataphyll

  • Cercestis blancii seedling, the axis issued from germination producing only cataphylls separated by long internodes

    Cercestis blancii seedling, the axis issued from germination producing only cataphylls separated by long internodes

  • Cercestis blancii seedling, primary root and the first vigorous adventitious basal roots

    Cercestis blancii seedling, primary root and the first vigorous adventitious basal roots

  • Cercestis blancii, flagellum issued from germination, producing small cataphylls and adventitious roots then a foliage leaf and ending again in a flagellum

    Cercestis blancii, flagellum issued from germination, producing small cataphylls and adventitious roots then a foliage leaf and ending again in a flagellum

  • Innocent Medjo holding a specimen of Cercestis blancii with a stem ending in a long flagellum, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

    Innocent Medjo holding a specimen of Cercestis blancii with a stem ending in a long flagellum, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

  • Innocent Medjo holding the terminal flagellum of a leafy stem of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Cameroon

    Innocent Medjo holding the terminal flagellum of a leafy stem of Cercestis blancii, Ebodjé, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, flagelliform shoot for vegetative propagation

    Cercestis blancii, flagelliform shoot for vegetative propagation

  • Cercestis blancii, rosette of three successive small foliage leaves produced during the exploration phase among shrubs, the apical flagellum producing first a small cataphyll

    Cercestis blancii, rosette of three successive small foliage leaves produced during the exploration phase among shrubs, the apical flagellum producing first a small cataphyll

  • Cercestis blancii, juvenile plant with long leaf acumen, Ebodje, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, juvenile plant with long leaf acumen, Ebodje, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, leaf of a young climbing individual, Lohendjé, Kribi, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, leaf of a young climbing individual, Lohendjé, Kribi, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, young individual climbing along a small tree trunk, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, young individual climbing along a small tree trunk, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, juvenile individual

    Cercestis blancii, juvenile individual

  • Cercestis blancii, young plant climbing vertically along a narros tree sapling, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, young plant climbing vertically along a narros tree sapling, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, young individual climbing along a very thin treelet stem, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, young individual climbing along a very thin treelet stem, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis blancii, young individual climbing along a narrow tree sapling, already exhibiting alternation of one caducous cataphyll and one foliage leaf with alternation of long and short internodes, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis blancii, young individual climbing along a narrow tree sapling, already exhibiting alternation of one caducous cataphyll and one foliage leaf with alternation of long and short internodes, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

  • Patrick Blanc holding a mature specimen of Cercestis camerunensis in Dec. 1983, thinking about a new species since he was not aware of the publication by Colette Ntépé two years before, M'Passa field station, Makokou, Gabon

    Patrick Blanc holding a mature specimen of Cercestis camerunensis in Dec. 1983, thinking about a new species since he was not aware of the publication by Colette Ntépé two years before, M'Passa field station, Makokou, Gabon

  • Patrick Blanc at the base of a mature flowering individual of Cercestis camerunensis climbing along a bare tree trunk at forest edge, Kribi, Cameroon, March 2017

    Patrick Blanc at the base of a mature flowering individual of Cercestis camerunensis climbing along a bare tree trunk at forest edge, Kribi, Cameroon, March 2017

  • Patrick Blanc and Marc Jeanson sitting in front of a fully developed and flowering Cercestis camerunensis at forest edge, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

    Patrick Blanc and Marc Jeanson sitting in front of a fully developed and flowering Cercestis camerunensis at forest edge, Campo, Cameroon, March 2018

  • Cercestis camerunensis, continuous growth of the stem producing only foliage leaves and congested inflorescences, Nkol Elon, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, continuous growth of the stem producing only foliage leaves and congested inflorescences, Nkol Elon, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, fully developed individual with many inflorescences, still surviving in a deforested forest area, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, fully developed individual with many inflorescences, still surviving in a deforested forest area, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, fully developed flowering individual, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, fully developed flowering individual, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, mature infructescences, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, mature infructescences, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, congested whitish berries, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, congested whitish berries, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, congested berries, each one with a large seed rich in endosperm, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, congested berries, each one with a large seed rich in endosperm, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, seedlings with epicotyl axis, primary root and secondary root

    Cercestis camerunensis, seedlings with epicotyl axis, primary root and secondary root

  • Cercestis camerunensis, seedling with few cataphylls and first emerging foliage leaf

    Cercestis camerunensis, seedling with few cataphylls and first emerging foliage leaf

  • Cercestis camerunensis, three months old seedlings producing two cataphylls and the first foliage leaf

    Cercestis camerunensis, three months old seedlings producing two cataphylls and the first foliage leaf

  • Cercestis camerunensis, one year old seedlings

    Cercestis camerunensis, one year old seedlings

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