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Hippocratea pallens
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Pande, Inhassoro District.
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| Synonyms: |
Apodostigma pallens (Oliv.) R. Wilczek Hippocratea buchholzii Loes. Hippocratea chariensis A. Chev. Hippocratea oliverana Hutch. & Moss. Hippocratea pallens Planch. ex Oliv. var. keniensis Loes. Hippocratea verdickii De Wild. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Climbing shrub or liane, hairless and without lenticels. Stems smooth, greyish-brown, slightly 4-lined when young but otherwise terete. Leaves oblong, elliptic-ovate or obovate, 3.5-9.5 cm long, thinly textured to slightly leathery, decurrent at the base, midrib and 4-6 lateral veins flat or slightly prominent on both surfaces; margin entire to undulate or glandular serrulate; petiole 5-14 mm long. Stipules broadly triangular, 0.2-0.5 mm long, fimbriate and not united. Flowers numerous, small, in branched axillary heads; peduncles and inflorescence branches 4-angled. Sepals greenish; petals green or white to yellow or orange, 1-1.5 mm long. Mericarps narrowly oblong, c. 3 cm long, flattened, green tinged purple-brown. |
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Syntypes from Sierra Leone and Angola. |
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| Habitat: | In lowland rainforest, dense deciduous woodland and thickets. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread from Senegal to Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Angola. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 18 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 520. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 255. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 174. 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 33. Robson, N.K.B. (1966). Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 407 - 417. (Includes a picture). |
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