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Cyphostemma obovato-oblongum
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Habit
Degraded miombo woodland (fallow regrowth)
Djoni, Lualaba Province
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaf
Degraded miombo woodland (fallow regrowth)
Djoni, Lualaba Province
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaf
Degraded miombo woodland (fallow regrowth)
Djoni, Lualaba Province
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Degraded miombo woodland (fallow regrowth)
Djoni, Lualaba Province
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded miombo woodland (fallow regrowth)
Djoni, Lualaba Province
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Cissus obovato-oblongum De Wild. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Creeping herb from a tuberous rootstock; stems striate, pubescent; tendrils absent. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petiole up to 5(6) cm long, pubescent; leaflet-lamina, up to 16 x 7 cm, narrowly oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate, apex acute to obtuse, margin serrate or serrate-crenate, base narrowly cuneate, more or less glabrous above, shortly pubescent on the nerves and main veins below; petiolules up to 2 cm long; stipules up to 1.5 cm long, triangular-lanceolate. Cymes terminal on short axillary branches, trichotomous; peduncles up to 14 (20) cm long, pubenscent; pedicels up to 3.5 mm long, pubescent. Flower buds c. 2.8 mm long, oblong-cylindric, more or less deeply constricted in the upper half, very sparsely pubescent or glabrous. Calyx 0.5 mm long, entire, pubescent. Petals yellowish-crimson. Ovary glabrous; style 1.7 mm long, minutely 2-fid at the apex. Fruit c. 7 x 5 mm (immature). Seed 1, c. 5 x 4 mm, with a dorsal and 2 lateral crests, rugose. |
| Type location: |
DRC, Katanga |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | obovato-oblongum: obovate to oblong, presumably a reference to the shape of the leaflets. |
| Habitat: | Brachystegia woodland, sometimes on termite mounds |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC and Zambia |
| National distribution: | W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb |
| Growth form(s): | Annual. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 464 - 465. |
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