Stictocardia beraviensis (Vatke) Hallier f.

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Stictocardia beraviensis

Picture: Petra Ballings
Moth Landing Site, Lake Chivero

Stictocardia beraviensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Moth Landing Site, Lake Chivero

Stictocardia beraviensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Moth Landing Site, Lake Chivero

Stictocardia beraviensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Moth Landing Site, Lake Chivero

Stictocardia beraviensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Moth Landing Site, Lake Chivero

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Synonyms: Argyreia bagshawei Rendle
Ipomoea beraviensis Vatke
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Status: Native
Description:
Woody climber, ascending to many metres high in trees. Leaves: petiole up to 17 cm; lamina large, up to 16 × 14 cm, broadly ovate; apex mucronate; base truncate or cordate, grey beneath. Peduncle short, up to 1 cm long. Sepals elliptic to subcircular. Corolla 4-4.5 cm long, bright crimson with base of tube orange-yellow. Capsule spherical, up to 2 cm in diameter.
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Derivation of specific name: beraviensis: after Beravi in Madagascar
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Worldwide distribution: From Ethiopia to West Africa and Madagascar.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): W,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Cb
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Literature:

Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 49.

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Stictocardia beraviensis
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Stictocardia beraviensis
African Plant Database: Stictocardia beraviensis
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Stictocardia beraviensis
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Tropicos: Stictocardia beraviensis
Wikipedia: Stictocardia beraviensis


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Stictocardia beraviensis.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=166750, retrieved 17 April 2024

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