Orthanthera jasminiflora (Decne.) Schinz

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Livingstone: along the northern edge of the sewerage ponds almost under the fence between the ponds and ZAWA reserve

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Ngamiland Concession 22 - Vumbura, Okavango Delta

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Chamabonda vlei, Zambezi National Park

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B8 road through Bwabwata

Habit
Kalahari woodland
Sioma, Sioma District
Dec 2023
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Inflorescence
Kalahari woodland
Sioma, Sioma District
Dec 2023
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Flowers
Kalahari woodland
Sioma, Sioma District
Dec 2023
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Follicle
Kalahari woodland
Sioma, Sioma District
Dec 2023
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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.
Type location:	South Africa
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Derivation of specific name:	jasminiflora: with flowers like a jasmin
Habitat:	In dry deciduous woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	900 - 1100 m
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions:	N,W
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Images last updated:	Thursday 7 December 2017
Literature:	Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia Strelitzia 34 SANBI, Pretoria, South Africa Page 124. (Includes a picture). Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 37. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Namibia Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 75. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 82 - 84. (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 344. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 57. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 21. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 26. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 28. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 28. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 198.

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