Oncinotis tenuiloba Stapf

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Near Bomane, Arumwini River, DR Congo © Botanic Garden Meise

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Synonyms:	Motandra erlangeri K. Schum. Oncinotis chirindica S. Moore Oncinotis inandensis J.M. Wood & M.S. Evans Oncinotis natalensis Stapf Oncinotis oblanceolata Engl.
Common names:	Magic-rope (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Sometimes a scrambling shrub, often a strong liane, up to 30 m high. Bark pale yellow-orange, thick and corky; inner bark fibrous; branches with pale lenticels, milky sap and tendrils present. Leaves opposite, obovate with a distinct drip-tip, 5-14 cm long, leathery, dark green, softly hairy, hair-tuft domatia often present in the axils of the veins below; base tapering with 2 small glands above; margin entire. Flowers in lax axillary sprays, yellow-green, corolla lobes often reflexed. Fruit in pendulous paired slender follicles, 10-30 cm long, pale brown.
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Flowering time:	Sep - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Ethiopia; Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Malawi distribution:	S
Growth form(s):	Climber, liane.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 809. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 41. 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 269. As Oncinotis inandensis Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 493 - 495. (Includes a picture). 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 19. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 44. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 72.

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