| Home | > | List of families | > | Apocynaceae subfamily Periplocoideae | > | Cryptolepis | > | apiculata |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
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| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | apiculata: with a short sharp point (apiculate) |
| Habitat: | Lowland forest and shrubby thickets in grassland. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 750 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, shrub over 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 270. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 13. 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 66. |
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