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Cyphostemma rhodesiae
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Habit
Open woodland
Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi
Feb 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaf
Open woodland
Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi
Feb 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Open woodland
Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi
Feb 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Open woodland
Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi
Feb 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Fruit
Open woodland
Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi
Feb 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Cissus rhodesiae Gilg & Brandt Cissus zombensis sensu Baker f. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect herb up to 1.3 m tall; stem stout, sulcate, with a loose ferruginous indumentum or glabrescent; tendrils absent; leaves digitate, 3-5-foliate, sessile or subsessile; leaflet-lamina up to 25 x 14 cm, oblong-elliptic to obovate, margin serrate, apex rounded or acute, base cuneate, glabrous above and sparsely pilose below; stipules up to 2 x 0.8 cm, lanceolate-acuminate, densely pubescent or glabrescent with hairs on margins; petiolules up to 3 cm long; cymes terminal or in the upper axils, di- or trichotomous; peduncle up to 10 cm long, densely pubescent or glabrescent; pedicels up to 2 mm long from densely ferruginous-pilose to pubescent; bracts and bracteoles 1-2 mm long, linear, ferruginously hairy; flower bud up to 2.5 mm long, oblong-cylindric, constricted in the upper half, pilose; calyx 0.5 mm long, pilose; ovary sparsely puberulous or glabrous; style 1.5 mm long, slightly capitate; fruit purple-black, c. 1.2 x 0.8 cm, sub-globose, glabrous; seed 1, c. 0.8 x 0.7 cm, ovoid, without a strong dorsal crest but ruguse. |
| Type location: |
Zimbabwe |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | rhodesiae: of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the country where the type specimen was collected. |
| Habitat: | Brachystegia woodland |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from the Flora Zambesiaca region; Zambia south through Malawi and Mozambique to Zimbabwe. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Lk,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 10 March 2020 |
| Literature: |
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 83. Wild, H, Drummond, R.B. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 50. Vitaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 34 - 35. Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 472 - 473. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyphostemma rhodesiaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyphostemma rhodesiae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyphostemma rhodesiae
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyphostemma rhodesiae
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