''Bequaertia mucronata'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

belonging to the family

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...

. It is a climbing shrub or liana native to western and central tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to southwestern Uganda. It grows in damp forests and on river banks. It is the sole species in genus ''Bequaertia''. Plants can grow 15 to 25 meters tall. The main stem can exceed 10 cm in diameter, and branches are covered in a brownish-red bark which becomes pale and flaky with age. Leaves are elliptic in shape, (5–)9–14 cm long and 3–5 cm wide, with a papery texture. Flowers are 4–5 mm in diameter with fleshy incurved petals, which are white at first and change to orange, rose-salmon and finally brownish-red.

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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q16207898, from2=Q8246560 Celastraceae Monotypic Celastrales genera Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Flora of West Tropical Africa Flora of Uganda Plants described in 1927