Hippocratea indica
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Base of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
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Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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| Synonyms: |
Reissantia indica (Willd.) N. Hallé |
| Common names: | Mopane paddle-pod (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Scrambling shrub or true liane. Young branches characteristically 4-angled with indistinct lenticels. Leaves, obovate to oblong-elliptic, 4-15 cm long, greyish- or yellowish-green, glabrous; apex tapering with a distinct tip, margin shallowly crenate-dentate with glandular teeth. Flowers in terminal and axillary branched heads, very small, yellowish. Fruit with 2 spreading flattened mericarps, oblong to elliptic, each c. 5 cm long, yellow-green, smaller than in most other species in the genus. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | indica: of India |
| Habitat: | In dry scrub and woodland, particularly Mopane woodland. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa to Mpumalanga, South Africa. Also in Asia from India, Sri Lanka to Philippines and Timor. |
| FZ divisions: | N,T,MS,GI |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 21 December 2017 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 519. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 255. 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 33. Robson, N.K.B. (1966). Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 413 - 414. |
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