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| Synonyms: |
Tryphostemma friesii Norlindh Tryphostemma natalense Mast. Tryphostemma sandersonii Harv. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, growing from a woody rootstock. Stems 1-several, erect or prostrate, simple or sparsely branched, hairless. Leaves subsessile, broadly ovate, obovate or elliptic, up to 8 × 5 cm, green above, grey-green with prominent veins below; margin remotely toothed, particularly near the base. Flowers 1-3 together, pale yellow, often with a tendril replacing the terminal flower. Petals absent, outer corona blue. Fruit a pendulous, obovoid capsule, 1.5-2 cm long. |
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| Habitat: | In grassland, open woodland, scrub and at the edges of forest, often on sandy and rocky soils |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (1973). Revision of Basananthe, formerly Tryphostemma (Passifloraceae) Blumea 21 Pages 339 - 340. (Includes a picture). Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 381. Fernandes, R. & A. (1980). 79. Passiforaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Page 14. 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. |
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