Home | > | List of families | > | Apocynaceae subfamilies Asclepiadoideae and Secamonoideae | > | Pachycarpus | > | bisacculatus |
Synonyms: |
Gomphocarpus bisacculatus Oliv. Pachycarpus lineolatus sensu Bullock non Decne. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb with annual stems, growing from a cluster of fleshy tubers. Stem erect or ascending, usually single, unbranched, up to 1.5 m tall, sometimes branching near the base, densely pubescent with spreading white hairs. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, lanceolate, ovate to oblong, up to 12 × 7 cm, with slightly rough spreading white hairs on both surfaces, cordate or truncate at the base; margin with minute rough hairs. Inflorescences terminal and extra-axillary, 4-8(-14)-flowered secund umbels. Corolla spreading to saucer-shaped, brownish-purple and densely pubescent outside, pale green with purple-brown lines inside. Lobes up to 15 × 10 mm, ovate, pointed, minutely papillate and with short hairs towards the apex and margins. Corona lobes cream or pink with a purple tip, almost as broad as long apparently folded into a pouch, lower than the staminal column. Follicle erect on a twisted pedicel, up to 12 × 7 cm, ovoid or fusiform, usually inflated, without wings or ridges, pubescent. |
Type location: |
Tanzania |
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Habitat: | In seasonally waterlogged grassland and in Brachystegia or mixed deciduous woodland. |
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Worldwide distribution: | From Guinea Bissau to Sudan and Ethiopia and South to Angola Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C,E,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Lk |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Thursday 2 June 2022 |
Literature: |
Goyder, D.J. (1998). A revision of Pachycarpus E. Mey. in tropical Africa with notes on the genus in southern Africa Kew Bulletin 53 Pages 347 - 351. (Includes a picture). Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 305 - 307. (Includes a picture). 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 21. |
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