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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Inkberry (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Robust perennial climber or scrambling shrub. The leaves are ovate-elliptic, tapering to a distinct, mucronate drip-tip; the leaf-base often asymmetrical. Inflorescences in long, erect racemes, white to creamy-green. |
Notes: | The plants are poisonous and are known to cause deaths among sheep and cattle, which browse the leaves when grass is scarce. |
Derivation of specific name: | dodecandra: with 12 stamens. |
Habitat: | In a variety of habitats. |
Altitude range: | |
Flowering time: | Jun-Sep |
Worldwide distribution: | Tropical and South Africa and Madagascar. |
Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,GI |
Growth form(s): | Climber, liane, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 224. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 44. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 24. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 236. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 92. Shone, D.K. & Drummond, R.B. (1965). Poisonous Plants of Rhodesia Ministry of Agriculture, Rhodesia Page 48. Stannard, B.L. (1988). Phytolaccaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 164 - 166. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 143. |
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