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Synonyms: |
Jaeggia repanda Schinz Modecca repanda (Burch.) Druce Paschanthus jaeggii Schinz Paschanthus repandus Burch. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Suberect herb or woody climber, growing from a tuberous rootstock. Stems annual or perennial, 0.2-2 m long, greyish-purple; tendrils axillary and sometimes on the inflorescences, simple, up to 5 cm long. Leaf-lamina obovate to linear, up to 15 × 5 cm, grey-green; margin entire or irregularly repand to lobed; petiole short with 2 glands at the base of the lamina. Flowers axillary, unisexual. Male clusters 1-5-flowered, female clusters 1-3-flowered. Capsule subspherical, up to 3 × 2.5 cm, with a smooth leathery surface. |
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Habitat: | Occurring in woodland, open places, river beds and among rocks on Kalahari sand |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 262. Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 406 - 407. 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 66. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 91. |
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