Raphionacme procumbens Schltr.

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Slopes of Mt Belingwe.

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Umguza Nature Reserve, Bulawayo

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb, growing from a sub-spherical tuber, up to 15 cm in diameter. Stems few-many, up to 40 cm long, procumbent, velvety, brownish. Leaves opposite, narrowly oblong-obovate, 3-6.5 cm long, leathery, dark green and velvety above, pale green and more densely velvety below; petiole 3-13 mm long, velvety. Flowers in many-flowered spherical heads in the upper leaf axils, densely velvety. Corolla lobes narrowly ovate-triangular, 4 × 2 mm, green to greenish-yellow, maroon or violet at the base, papillose on the inside. Corona reddish to purple, fleshy, papillose, 3-segmented; central segment c. 2 mm long; lateral segments 1 mm long. Fruit a single pendulous follicle, ovoid, 3.5- 4.5 cm long, pointed.
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Derivation of specific name:	procumbens: with stems lying along the ground; procumbent
Habitat:	In grassland and open woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	350 - 1900 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	W,C,E,S
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 17 February 2016
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 32. 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 67. Venter, H.J.T. (2009). A Taxonomic revision of Raphionacme (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) South African Journal of Botany 75(2) Pages 332 - 333. (Includes a picture).

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