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Anredera cordifolia
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Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along roadside on hill behind La Rochelle Hotel
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| Synonyms: |
Boussingaultia baselloides Kunth Boussingaultia cordifolia Ten. |
| Common names: | Madeira vine (English) Mignonette vine (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced as a cultivated plant and sometimes escaping |
| Description: |
Twining herb with underground tubers. Stems long, much-branched, producing numerous air tubers (bulbils) in the leaf axils. Leaves thick, fleshy, ovate to lanceolate; base cordate. Racemes to 30 cm long with numerous pedicellate flowers. Perianth segments 2.5-3 mm, white, subtended by 2 bracteoles. Fruits apparently never produced, reproduction taking place vegetatively via the bulbils. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | cordifolia: with cordate (heart-shaped) leaves |
| Habitat: | Disturbed woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Paraguay to southern Brazil and northern Argentina. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, liane. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 23. Press, J.R. & Short, M.J. (eds) (1994). Flora of Madeira. HMSO, London Page 83. Walters, S.M. et al. (eds) (1989). The European Garden Flora. Vol. III. Dicotyledons (Part I). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Page 176. |
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Flora of Zambia: Anredera cordifoliaFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Anredera cordifolia
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Anredera cordifoliaAfrican Plant Database: Anredera cordifolia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Anredera cordifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Anredera cordifolia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Anredera cordifolia
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iNaturalist: Anredera cordifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anredera cordifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Anredera cordifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Anredera cordifolia
Plants of the World Online: Anredera cordifolia
Tropicos: Anredera cordifolia
Wikipedia: Anredera cordifolia
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