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Synonyms: |
Hippocratea hirtiuscula Dunkley Hippocratea indica Willd. var. parviflora (N. E. Br.) Blakelock Hippocratea indica sensu White p.p. Reissantia parviflora (N.E. Br.) N. Hallé |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Liane up to 4·5 m high or more; stem green when young, becoming reddish-brown or purplish-brown, persistently 4-lined or 4-angled and pubescent Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic or obovate, 5–8(12) cm long, deep green above, pale green below, sometimes with brownish venation, thinly textured, softly pubescent most densely on the midrib and veins or rarely almost hairless; margin glandular-denticulate; petiole 2–9 mm long, softly pubescent; stipules linear-filamentous with broad base, c. 0·5–1 mm long, reddish-brown, pubescent, not united. Flowers in more or less lax branched inflorescences; peduncles and inflorescence-branches quadrangular, pubescent; pedicels 0·5–2 mm. long; bracts triangular, c. 0·7 mm long, entire, pubescent. Sepals ovate-triangular to semicircular, c. 0·3 mm long, equal, greenish with paler margins, pubescent. Petals greenish to brownish, narrowly oblong, 0·8–1 mm long, with margin more or less incurved, hairless, suberect or ± spreading when open. Disk shallowly 3-lobed, surrounding the ovary. Stamens 3. Ovary with short style; stigmas completely united. Mericarps narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 3·7–8 cm long, pale green or yellow-green, flattened, striate, 2-seeded. Seeds winged, with veins marginal and submedian. |
Type location: |
Botswana |
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Derivation of specific name: | parviflora: small-flowered |
Habitat: | In dry forest, woodland or thickets, often on Kalahari sand. |
Altitude range: | Up to 950 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Central Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,C,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | C |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 519. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 631. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 255. 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 414 - 415. |
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