Eureiandra leucantha C. Jeffrey

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Eureiandra leucantha

Habit
Termitaria within Chipya woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Eureiandra leucantha

Habit
Termitaria within Chipya woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Eureiandra leucantha

Flowers
Termitaria within Chipya woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Eureiandra leucantha

Flowers
Termitaria within Chipya woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Eureiandra leucantha

Flowers
Termitaria within Chipya woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Common names:
Frequency: Local to occasional
Status: Native
Description:
Scandent perennial. Stems at first light green, herbaceous, soon softly ligneous, with smooth greyish or brownish papyraceous bark. Leaves unknown. Male flowers numerous in nodal contracted or elongated racemiform fascicles on leafless stems, all parts puberulous; bracts small, linear; pedicels 1–3.4 cm long. Receptacle-tube 6–8.5 mm long, lobes lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, acute, ± acuminate, 8–13 × 1.5–3.2 mm. Petals pure white, obovate, rounded, apiculate, 3.2–4.7 × 1.8–2.8 cm. Anther-thecae glabrous. Female flowers unknown. Fruits and seeds unknown.
Type location:
Zambia, Mpulungu
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: leucantha: white-flowered.
Habitat: Bushland and thicket, especially on termitaria
Altitude range: (metres) 1050 - 1200 m
Flowering time:Apr - Aug
Worldwide distribution: Zambia and DRC (Katanga).
FZ divisions: N
Zambian distribution (Provinces): N
Growth form(s): Perennial.
Endemic status: Near Endemic
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Images last updated: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Literature:

Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 432.


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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eureiandra leucantha
African Plant Database: Eureiandra leucantha
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eureiandra leucantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Eureiandra leucantha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Eureiandra leucantha
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iNaturalist: Eureiandra leucantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eureiandra leucantha
JSTOR Plant Science: Eureiandra leucantha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eureiandra leucantha
Plants of the World Online: Eureiandra leucantha
Tropicos: Eureiandra leucantha
Wikipedia: Eureiandra leucantha


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Eureiandra leucantha.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=192430, retrieved 13 June 2025

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