Secamone alpini Schult.

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Castleburn Forest, Vumba

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Cloudlands lay-by, Vumba

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Hadange Gorge, Chimanimani National Park

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Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Robust liane or sometimes a scrambling shrub with milky latex. Stems forming tendril-like coils, covered in minute rusty hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, lanceolate or obovate, 2.5-9 cm long, leathery, often apiculate, rusty hairs beneath, particularly when young; petiole up to 11 mm. Flowers in axillary and terminal branched heads. Corolla greenish-yellow or white, lobes cobered in spreading white hairs on the inside. Only staminal corona lobes present, small erect. Fruit in paired widely diverging, slender follicles, 4.5-10 cm long, dark greenish-brown, tapering to a long point.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	alpini: named after Prospero Alpino (1553-1617), Italian botanist.
Habitat:	On the margins of forest and thicket.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 2400 m
Flowering time:	Nov - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	W,C,E,S
Growth form:	C
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 1 November 2011
Literature:	Goyder, D.J. (1991). Secamone (Asclepiadaceae subfam. Secamonoideae) in Africa Kew Bulletin 47(3) Pages 452 - 455. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 172 - 173. (Includes a picture).

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Other sources of information about Secamone alpini:

Flora of Mozambique: Secamone alpini
African Plant Database: Secamone alpini
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Secamone alpini
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Secamone alpini
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Secamone alpini
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Secamone alpini
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Secamone alpini
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Secamone alpini
JSTOR Plant Science: Secamone alpini
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Secamone alpini
Tropicos: Secamone alpini
West African Plants database: Secamone alpini