Ancylobothrys petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre

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Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park

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Along Chimoio-Sussundenga road near Zembe-Gondola

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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

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Path to Mt Binga along Nhamadzi River, Chimanimani National Reserve

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Synonyms:	Landolphia petersiana (Klotzsch) Dyer
Common names:	Climbing wild apricot (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Climbing shrub up to 6 m or more, often climbing over other trees. Milky sap present. Branches often spotted with conspicuous lenticels. Leaves elliptic to obovate-elliptic, more or less thickly leathery, veining obscure above. The leaves become very discolorous when dry, blackish-green above, pale green or brown with conspicuous veining below. Flowers in elongated branched panicles; corolla c. 4 cm in diameter, white or creamy, sweetly scented. Fruit spherical, fleshy, 4.5-6 cm, velvety, edible.
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Derivation of specific name:	petersiana: named after Professor Wilhelm Peters (1815-1863) of Berlin who collected in Mozambique in the early 19th century.
Habitat:	In mixed woodland and on rocky hillsides.
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Flowering time:	Sep - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya and Tanzania southwards to South Africa; also in Madagascar
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,T,MS,GI,M
Growth form(s):	Climber, liane, shrub over 2 m.
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Content last updated:	Friday 17 January 2020
Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 111 - 112. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 67. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 796. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 5. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 24. As Ancyclobothrys petersiana Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 269. As Ancylobothrys petersiana Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 423 - 425. (Includes a picture). 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 18. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 23.

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