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Tinospora caffra
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Cleveland Dam
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Cleveland Dam
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By the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park
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Near the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park
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Near the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park
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Near the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park
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Near the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park
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| Synonyms: |
Desmonema caffrum Miers Hyalosepalum caffrum (Miers) Troupin |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Strong woody climber. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate at the base and with a distinct drip tip, dark green and hairless, 5-veined from the base. Male inflorescences in false racemes up to 30 cm. Female inflorescences only half that size. Flowers similar in both sexes. |
| Type location: |
Natal |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | caffra: of Kaffraria, a historic name for South Africa. |
| Habitat: | In forest and deciduous woodland, often near rocky outcrops. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, CAR, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Eudocima materna (Larval foodplant) |
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| Content last updated: | Friday 23 March 2012 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 55. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35. 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 88. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 236. 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 62. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 79. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 52 - 53. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 86. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 123. Troupin, G. (1960). Menispermaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 61 - 62. (Includes a picture). Troupin, G. (1962). Monographie des Menispermaceae africaines Mémoires in-8° Nouvelle série XIII-2 Académie royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer Pages 58 - 63. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 377 - 378. (Includes a picture). |
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