Cyphostemma wittei
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High rainfall disturbed miombo woodland
Chimpempe
Mar 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
High rainfall disturbed miombo woodland
Chimpempe
Mar 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Cissus wittei |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate herb growing from thick perennial rootstock; stems c. 1 m long, brownish or whitish tomentose or pubescent, sometimes glandular; tendrils absent; leaves simple, sessile or subsessile; leaflet-lamina up to 15 x 13 cm, broadly oblong-elliptic (large older leaves sometimes shallowly 3-lobed and broadly ovate), apex rounded and base shallowly cordate, upper surface glabrous or with a few hairs on the nerves, lower surface whitish or brownish tomentose or hairy only on the nerves and veins; stipules up to 1 cm, lanceolate, densely pubescent; cymes axillary, trichotomous; peduncle up to 4(7) cm long, pubescent or tomentose, branches of inflorescence sometimes with stalked subcapitate glands; pedicels 2-3 mm long, pubescent; bracts and bracteoles c. 2 mm long, lanceolate, pubescent; flower bud 2-4 mm long, constricted near the middle, glabrous or puberulous; calyx entire, pubescent at the margins, 0.5 mm long; petals red; ovary glabrous; style c. 1.5 mm long, apex minutely 2-fid; fruit purple-black, 1 x 0.8 cm, ellipsoid-globose, glabrous; seed 1, c. 8 x 6 mm, ellipsoid, deeply foveolate. |
| Type location: |
DRC, Katanga |
| Notes: | Red Data list status: Limited distribution, possibly LR-nt |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Miombo woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Northern Zambia and DRC (Katanga Province) |
| FZ divisions: | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 9 April 2019 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 285. Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 462 - 463. |
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