Raphionacme grandiflora (K. Schum.) N.E. Br.

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Raphionacme grandiflora

Photo: Penny English
Past Masuma, Hwange NP

Raphionacme grandiflora

Photo: Penny English
Past Masuma, Hwange NP

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Synonyms: Pentagonanthus grandiflorus (N.E. Br.) Bullock
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Status: Native
Description:
Erect perennial herb, up to c. 30 cm tall, growing from a more or less depressed tuber, up to 12 cm in diameter. Milky latex present. Leaves very shortly petiolate, opposite, linear-lanceolate to narrowly obovate, up to 12 cm long, roughly hairy on both surfaces, veining prominent below; margin entire but wavy. Inflorescence a 2-7-flowered, terminal, pseudo-umbel. Corolla up to 3 cm in diameter, pale yellowish-green on the outside, bright to deep violet on the inside; lobes often strongly deflexed in older flowers, with margins recurved. Fruit often a single, erect follicle, linear-cylindrical, c. 17 × 1 cm, hairless.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: grandiflora: large flowered
Habitat: In dry mixed woodland in sandy or rocky areas.
Altitude range: 500 - 1750 m
Flowering time:Nov - Feb
Worldwide distribution: Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Literature:

Ellert, A.F.N. (1997). A note on Pentagonanthus grandiflorus N.E. Br. subspecies glabrescens Bullock Excelsa 18 Page 190.

Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 42 - 44. (Includes a picture).

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.

Venter, H.J.T. (2009). A Taxonomic revision of Raphionacme (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) South African Journal of Botany 75(2) Pages 310 - 312. (Includes a picture).

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Raphionacme grandiflora.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145360, retrieved 19 March 2024

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