Hippocratea parvifolia Oliv.

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Synonyms: Elachyptera parvifolia (Oliv.) N. Hallé
Hippocratea indica (Willd.) N. Hallé var. parvifolia (N.E. Br.) Blakelock
Common names: Sand paddle-pod (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Scandent shrub or small tree, up to 4.5 m high, sometimes a true liane. Young branchlets grey-green to purplish, finely pubescent; older stems very rough, revealing bright orange underbark when scratched. Leaves opposite, oblong or elliptic, glossy green, hairless; margins entire or shallowly glandular-toothed. Flowers in axillary clusters, yellow-green. Fruit 1-3 paddle-shaped carpels, green to pale brown smooth. Seeds winged.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: parvifolia: with small leaves
Habitat: In dry woodland and thicket
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1400 m
Flowering time:Dec - Mar
Worldwide distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa and northern South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,S
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Images last updated: Tuesday 9 June 2009
Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 521. (Includes a picture).

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 255.

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 33.

Robson, N.K.B. (1966). Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 412 - 413.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 67. as Reissnatia parvifolia


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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hippocratea parvifolia
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Hippocratea parvifolia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137190, retrieved 8 December 2024

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