Cryptolepis cryptolepioides (Schltr.) Bullock

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Lake Kyle Recreational Park

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Nyahokwe Hill, Nyanga

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Synonyms:	Cryptolepis transvaalensis Schltr. Ectadiopsis cryptolepioides Schltr.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial climber with twining stems up to 2 m long. Leaves highly variable from broadly ovate to narrowly lanceolate, often on the same plant, 2-6 cm long, leathery, hairless, dark green above, much paler beneath; petiole purplish-red, hairless, 4–15 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, compact, many-flowered. Sepals broadly ovate, c 1.5 mm long, margin fimbriate. Corolla greenish, deep cream or pale yellow, hairless; tube campanulate, 1.5–2.0 mm long; lobes spreading, oblong, 2–3 mm long. Corona double; lower lobes clavate, 0.8–1.0 mm long, hairless, greenish to yellowish; upper lobes pocket-like, hairless. Follicles erect, widely divaricate, more or less narrowly ovoid, 3–6 cm long, finely ribbed.
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Habitat:	In rocky places on granite or sandstone outcrops in moist areas along river beds and around dams.
Altitude range:	750 - 1600 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	N
Growth form(s):	Climber, shrub over 2 m.
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Content last updated:	Monday 24 May 2021
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. As Cryptolepis cryptolepidioides Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 270. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 12. 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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