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Cyphostemma congestum
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Cissus congesta (Baker) Planch. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Climbing perennial, sometimes prostrate, growing from a tuberous root. Tendrils present. Leaves somewhat fleshy, sessile, 3-5-foliolate; leaflets up to 12 × 5 cm, more or less narrowly elliptic, often folded along the midrib, more or less velvety on both surfaces. Inflorescences lax on short axillary branchlets densely whitish pubescent. Flowers greenish-white, sometimes flushed with pink. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 8 × 5 mm, densely pubescent, red when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | congestum: congested |
| Habitat: | In woodland, often near river banks. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 27 September 2007 |
| Literature: |
Wild, H, Drummond, R.B. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 50. Vitaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 36 - 37. |
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