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| Status: | Native |
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Twining climber, 2-3 m high. Leaves ovate to elliptic, 20-40 mm long and 15-40 mm wide, herbaceous to thinly leathery,hairless or with sparse hairs on veins and margin; margin entire or crenulate; petiole 5-15 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, 8-15-flowered with 3-6 flowers open at a time on peduncles 3- 5 mm long. Flowers sweetly scented. Corolla with lobes ovate to oblong, 1- 1.5 mm wide, apically obtuse, spreading, green, hairy on the inside. Corona white. |
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| Altitude range: | 0 - 250 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | M |
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| 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) Pages 348 - 349. Liede, S. (1996). A revision of Cynanchum in Africa Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 83 Pages 327 - 328. 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 24. |
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