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Orbea umbracula
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Dzobo. S Mutare
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30 km S of Odzi, in Marange.
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3km S of Gomira Dip Musikavanhu T.T.L Sabi valley
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30 km South of Mutare, Zimbabwe.
Photo: Judd Welwitch
Along Birchenough Bridge - Masvingo road about 25-30 km from Birchenough Bridge.
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| Synonyms: |
Stapelia umbracula (M.D. Henderson) P.V. Heath Stultitia umbracula M.D. Hend. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Low-growing succulent perennial with mottled greyish branches. Flowers with corolla lobes strongly reflexed, clasping the pedicel, chocolate-brown, mottled or striped with yellow at the tips of the lobes, rarely rusty-brown. Corona lobes yellow, spreading. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | umbracula: umbrella-like, referring to the strongly reflexed corolla lobes. |
| Habitat: | In drier granite sands in rocky areas or in Brachystegia woodland, in open areas or in the shade of small bushes. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 300 - 1000 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Restricted to the lower parts of the Eastern Highlands as well as the Save-Limpopo lowveld. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 28 February 2014 |
| Literature: |
Bruyns, P.V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Systematic Botany Monographs 63 Pages 158 - 160. (Includes a picture). Bruyns, P.V. (2005). Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar Volume I Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa Pages 308 - 310. (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. Leach, L.C. (1975). The Reinstatement of Orbea Haw. (Asclepiadaceae) Kirkia 10(1) Page 291. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 133. 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 21. |
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