Alafia caudata Stapf
subsp. latiloba Kupicha

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Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Marromeu

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Status:	Native
Description:	Climbing shrub or liane. Bark greyish-brown, smooth, with lenticels; milky sap present. Leaves opposite, elliptic with a distinct slender drip-tip, 4.5-7 cm long, thinly leathery; margin entire, not rolled under. Flowers in terminal and lateral inflorescences, white or yellowish, papillate hairy in the corolla mouth, scented. Corolla lobes 4-8 mm wide. Fruit in paired slender follicles, up to 36 cm long, slightly curved, grey. Seeds with an apical tuft of golden brown hairs, 3.5-4 cm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	caudata: "tailed", ending in a long tail-like tip; latiloba: with broad lobes, referring to the corolla lobes in this subspecies.
Habitat:	In dense areas of mixed forest.
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
National distribution:	Z,MS
Growth form(s):	Climber, liane.
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Images last updated:	Sunday 26 November 2017
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 807. (Includes a picture). Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 490 - 492. 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.

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