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Stem and Fruits
Escarpment miombo woodland
Near Mulungushi Boat Club, Kabwe Distr.
Feb 2023
Photo: Tim Harvey
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect shrublet from perennial rootstock, flowering before adult leaves are produced; whole plant except petals and ovary densely ferruginous-tomentose; stem cylindric. Tendrils usually absent. Leaves simple; petiole 4–18 cm. long; leaf-lamina up to 23 × 22 cm., circular to broadly ovate, apex obtuse, sometimes obscurely 3-lobed, margin dentate or sinuate-dentate, base deeply cordate; stipules up to 15 × 8 mm., densely pubescent outside, glabrous within. Cymes leaf-opposed; peduncle 2–4 cm. long; pedicels congested, 4 mm. long, lengthening to 10 mm. in fruit; bracts and bracteoles up to 4 mm. long. Flower-bud 3 mm. long, puberulous towards apex. Calyx 1 mm. long. Petals purple. Ovary glabrous; style 1 mm. long; stigma subcapitate. Fruit 9 × 6 mm., glabrous. |
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Syntypes from Tanzania |
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Flowering time: | Nov - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
National distribution: | N |
Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
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. Wild, H, Drummond, R.B. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 50. Vitaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 21 - 22. Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 452 - 453. |
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