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Synonyms: |
Ampelocissus grantii Baker Ampelocissus mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Planch. |
Common names: | Mudzambiringa (Shona) Simple-leaved wild grape (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Vigorous climber or sometimes prostrate creeper. Leaves simple, very broadly ovate to almost circular in outline, entire to more or less deeply 3-5-lobed, deeply and broadly cordate at the base; margin toothed or scalloped. Flowers in moderately dense, leaf-opposed heads, wine-red, with a tendril arising from below the flowers on the the inflorescence peduncle. Fruit subspherical, c. 1 cm in diameter, in dense clusters. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | africana: African |
Habitat: | In woodland and along forest margins |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
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Worldwide distribution: | From Guinea to Tchad and Sudan and South to Caprivi, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | Climber. |
Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 19 July 2017 |
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 285. as Ampelocissus africana (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 257. As Ampelocissus africana Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 146. (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 83. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 114. as Ampelocissus africanus (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 111. as Ampelocissus africana 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 228. Wild, H, Drummond, R.B. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 50. Vitaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 6 - 7. Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1963). Vitaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area: 3 Kirkia 3 Pages 17 - 18. Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 442 - 443. As Ampelocissus africana (Includes a picture). |
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