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Frequency: | Local |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Slender wiry climber with delicate opposite leaves, ovate with a long acuminate apex. No milky latex seen. Sepals 5. Corolla lobes greenish-white, purple-red towards the base; corona, greenish white and purple-red outside, green in centre. |
Type location: |
Zimbabwe |
Notes: | Specimens are present in SRGH (Müller 2841) and KEW (Chase 576, Chase 5473, Wild 4507, Harder et al. 3817). It has been found, again in Vumba (Hyde & Wursten sn, image 1), Tsetsera, Mozambique (Wursten sight record) and on Mt Gorongosa in Mozambique (Wursten & Ballings 487). It appears to be very close to the East African species T. tenuipedunculata K. Schum., differing mainly in having much larger anther wings. |
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Habitat: | In evergreen forest |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1400 - 2000 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Only from the border mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe and Mt Gorongosa in Mozambique. |
FZ divisions: | MS |
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Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 18 January 2009 |
Literature: |
Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 360. Protologue |