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Synonyms: |
Cryptolepis monteiroae Oliv. |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Occasional |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Vigorous liana-like, twining climber, growing from succulent tuber. Older stems woody; milky latex present. Leaves opposite, lanceolate-elliptic to narrowly ovate, stiffly leathery, dark green above with conspicuous, yellowish veining, paler below, hairless. Flowers in mostly terminal inflorescences. Corolla creamy-white, c. 3 cm in diameter in new flowers, with dense marroon spotting in the tube and throat; lobes with margins revolute. Corona green with the knob-like outer lobes fitted in the the sinuses of the corolla lobes. Fruit in paired cylindrical follicles, up to 9 × 2.5 cm, grooved or slightly winged. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | monteiroae: after Mrs Rose Monteiro, wife of Portuguese naturalist Joachim Monteiro, who collected plants in Angola and Mozambique. |
Habitat: | Dry woodland in rocky habitats on hills, mountains or cliff sides. |
Altitude range: | 0 - 1500 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa. |
Mozambique distribution: | T,MS,GI,M |
Growth form(s): | Climber, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Saturday 8 October 2011 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 818. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53. 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 27. 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) Pages 19 - 20. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 60. (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 67. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 26. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 29. Venter, H.J.T. & Verhoeven, R.L. (1993). A Taxonomic Account of Stomatostemma (Periplocaceae) South African Journal of Botany 59(1) Pages 52 - 55. (Includes a picture). |
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