Adenia rumicifolia
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Lower part of forest path to Nhandore plateau, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lower part of forest path to Nhandore plateau, Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lower part of forest path to Nhandore plateau, Mt Gorongosa.
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| Synonyms: |
Adenia lobata (Jacq.) Engl. subsp. rumicifolia (Engl. & Harms) Lye Adenia rumicifolia Engl. & Harms var. rumicifolia |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Woody climber. Stems often 3-5-angled. Tendrils simple, axillary. Leaves ovate to almost round, up to c. 18 × 12 cm, shiny dark green above, paler below, 3-7-veined from near the base, hairless; apex pointed to rounded; base shallowly cordate, sometimes with 2 hastate lobes; 2 fleshy glands, c. 3 mm wide, are present on the petiole at the base of the lamina. Flowers unisexual, in c. 10-flowered axillary heads, creamy yellow. Fruit a capsule, up to 6 × 3 cm, blackish when dry. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | rumicifolia: with leaves like a Rumex ( a genus in Polygonaceae). |
| Habitat: | In evergreen forest understorey and along the margins, in woodland and savanna thickets. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Angola. |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,MS |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, liane. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 3 February 2012 |
| 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 223. as Adenia rumicifolia (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 648. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. As Adenia rumicifolia rumicifolia 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 23. As Adenia rumicifolia Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 262. As Adenia rumicifolia rumicifolia Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 393 - 395. As Adenia rumicifolia rumicifolia Fernandes, R. & A. (1980). 79. Passiforaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 22 - 23. as Adenia lobata subsp. rumicifolia 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. As Adenia lobata Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 53. as Adenia lobata |
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