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Orthanthera jasminiflora
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Photo: Helen Pickering
Livingstone: along the northern edge of the sewerage ponds almost under the fence between the ponds and ZAWA reserve
Photo: Helen Pickering
Livingstone: along the northern edge of the sewerage ponds almost under the fence between the ponds and ZAWA reserve
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| Synonyms: |
Barrowia jasminiflora Decne. Orthanthera browniana Schinz |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial climbing or creeping herb up to 5 m long, growing from a stout woody rhizome. Leaves opposite, simple, linear-elliptic to narrowly ovate, 1.5-7 cm long, stiff and leathery, rough to the touch; margin entire but often wavy. Flowers in 2-13-flowered pseudo-umbels, strongly scented; corolla tubular, cream-coloured, pubescent, tube up to 2 cm long, swollen at the base, lobes linear-lanceolate, spreading, up to 12 mm long, spreading. Fruit in paired follicles, up to 10 cm × 12 mm, distinctly beaked. |
| Notes: | In northern Botswana, young fruits are eaten fresh or cooked as a vegetable. |
| Derivation of specific name: | jasminiflora: with flowers like a jasmin |
| Habitat: | Occurring in dry deciduous woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 27 July 2009 |
| Literature: |
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 28. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plant Database: Orthanthera jasminifloraBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Orthanthera jasminiflora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Orthanthera jasminiflora
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Orthanthera jasminiflora
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Orthanthera jasminiflora
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Orthanthera jasminiflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Orthanthera jasminiflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Orthanthera jasminiflora
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Orthanthera jasminiflora
Tropicos: Orthanthera jasminiflora
West African Plants database: Orthanthera jasminiflora
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