Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels
var. leptotrichos Troupin

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Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii var. leptotrichos

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Camp site, Chirinda Forest

Photo: Bart Wursten
By path from carpark to Big Tree, Chirinda Forest

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Synonyms:	Dioscoreophyllum chirindense Swynn. Dioscoreophyllum volkensii sensu Diels p.p. Rhopalandria cumminsii Stapf
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Status:	Native
Description:	Slender twining herb, most parts with pale hairs. Leaves 10-20 cm long and wide, ovate-triangular in outline, distinctly 3-lobed, 7-9-veined from the broadly cordate base; petiole 6-15 cm long. Flowers in axillary racemes, unisexual; male racemes up to 30 cm long; female racemes up to 10 cm. Fruit a drupelet, up to 3.5 cm long.
Notes:	Not recorded from Malawi in Flora Zambesiaca (Volume 1 part 1: 157, 1960).
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Habitat:	In evergreen forest.
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Worldwide distribution:	Sierra Leone, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution:	S
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Insects associated with this species:	Eudocima divitiosa (Larval foodplant) Eudocima materna (Larval foodplant)
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Literature:	Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 88. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & White, F. (1990). New and noteworthy plants from the evergreen forests of Malawi Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 60(1/2) Page 80. as Dioscoreophyllum volkensii Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 166. 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 62. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 122. as Dioscoreophyllum volkensii Troupin, G. (1960). Menispermaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 157 - 158. (Includes a picture). Troupin, G. (1962). Monographie des Menispermaceae africaines Mémoires in-8° Nouvelle série XIII-2 Académie royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer Pages 133 - 138. (Includes a picture).

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