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Cryptostegia grandiflora
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Deteema Dam, Hwange National Park.
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Deteema Dam, Hwange National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Deteema Dam, Hwange National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Deteema Dam, Hwange National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Nerium grandiflorum Roxb. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced and cultivated |
| Description: |
Evergreen many-stemmed, woody climber or scrambling shrub, up to c. 2 m tall but when climbing branches reach up to 15 m. Milky latex present. Leaves opposite, ovate, up to c. 10 cm long, glossy dark green with distinctly paler, yellow venation, thickly leathery; margin entire. Flowers in pseudumbellate clusters, funnel-shaped, showy, rose-pink. Fruit in spreading, paired follicles, distinctly 4-angled, c. 15 cm long. |
| Notes: | Cultivated as a popular garden plant. It has a known tendency to escape and become naturalized and has been reported to become invasive in seasonally dry areas. |
| Derivation of specific name: | grandiflora: large flowered |
| Habitat: | In coastal grassland and woodland. |
| Altitude range: | 0 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to south-west Madagascar but naturalised and sometimes regarded as an invasive pest in northern Australia, the Caribbean, East Africa, Mauritius, India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, southern United States, Fiji and New Caledonia. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 18. |
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Flora of Botswana: Cryptostegia grandifloraFlora of Botswana: cultivated Cryptostegia grandiflora
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Cryptostegia grandiflora
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cryptostegia grandiflora
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cryptostegia grandiflora
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cryptostegia grandifloraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cryptostegia grandiflora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cryptostegia grandiflora
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cryptostegia grandiflora
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iNaturalist: Cryptostegia grandiflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cryptostegia grandiflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Cryptostegia grandiflora
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cryptostegia grandiflora
Plants of the World Online: Cryptostegia grandiflora
Tropicos: Cryptostegia grandiflora
Wikipedia: Cryptostegia grandiflora
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