Tiliacora funifera (Miers) Oliv.

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Photo: Susan (Soo) Fawcett
Tembwahata Pan, close to the Save/Runde confluence

Photo: Mark Hyde
Island in Save River bed

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Synonyms:	Hypserpa funifera Miers
Common names:	Elbow-leaf (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Robust woody liane. Leaves more or less broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, 3-5-veined from the base, dark green, hairless or very sparely hairy below; apex tapering to rounded or acuminate with a distinct drip tip; margin entire; petiole with a swelling and a bend below the blade. Flowers in clusters on the old stems, unisexual on different plants, white, c. 2.5 mm in diameter. Fruit obovoid to nearly spherical, c. 6 mm in diameter.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	funifera: rope-like, referring to the climbing stems
Habitat:	In riverine and other evergreen forest and moist areas in woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	220 - 1250 m
Flowering time:	Aug - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	Tropical Africa to Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,E,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:	Eudocima materna (Larval foodplant)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Sunday 14 October 2007
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 210. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 113. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 55. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 24. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 236. 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 62. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 122 - 123. Troupin, G. (1960). Menispermaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 155.

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