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| Synonyms: |
Pleurostelma africanum Schltr. Tacazzea africana (Schltr.) N.E. Br. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Woody, hairless climber with stems up to 1.5 m long growing from a cylindrical root tuber. Leaves sessile to shortly petiolate, opposite on normal shoots, clustered on stunted lateral shoots, linear to very narrowly ovate, 4.5–8.5 cm long; margin rolled under and wavy. Inflorescences lax, with few-flowered branches; peduncles 1–2 cm long, pedicels 3–5 mm long. Sepals ovate-triangular, 1 mm long. Corolla tube shallowly campanulate, 0.5–1.0 mm long; lobes linear to oblong-ovate, slightly reflexed, 6–11 mm long, pale greenish outside, inside creamy yellow, white flushed mauve-pink to mauve-purple or pale mauve. Corona creamy yellow, annulus c. 0.5 mm high, lobes cylindrical, 2–3 mm long; terminal part 2-3-fid, longest segment, 2–4 mm long. Follicles cylindrical-ovoid, 8–9 cm long, reddish brown. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | africana: african. |
| Habitat: | In woodland or dry scrub, on sandy red soil or limestone. |
| Altitude range: | 300 - 1400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z |
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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 48 - 50. (Includes a picture). |
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