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| Synonyms: |
Modecca stricta Mast. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Trailing herb 50 - 250 cm long, growing from a tuberous rootstock. Branches, greyish-green, pubescent; tendrils axillary and sometimes on the inflorescences, up to 10 cm long. Leaves ovate-oblong to subcircular in outline up to 15 × 15 cm, unlobed to 3-7-lobed, cordate to subtruncate at the base, brownish-green above, paler beneath, pubescent particularly on the veins; margin sinuate-dentate; petiole with 2 glands at the base of the lamina. Flowers axillary, unisexual. Male clusters 5-10-flowered; female clusters, 1-2-flowered. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, c. 4.5 × 3.5 cm. |
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| Habitat: | In open woodland on sandy or stony soils |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,T |
| Growth form(s): | Climber. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 398 - 399. Fernandes, R. & A. (1980). 79. Passiforaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 30 - 31. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 66. |
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