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Secamone alpini
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Castleburn Forest, Vumba
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Cloudlands lay-by, Vumba
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Cloudlands lay-by, Vumba
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Hadange Gorge, Chimanimani National Park
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Hadange Gorge, Chimanimani National Park
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Hadange Gorge, Chimanimani National Park
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Hadange Gorge, Chimanimani National Park
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Hadange Gorge, Chimanimani National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Periploca secamone L. Secamone thunbergii E. Mey. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust liane or sometimes a scrambling shrub with milky latex. Stems forming tendril-like coils, covered in minute rusty hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, lanceolate or obovate, 2.5-9 cm long, leathery, often apiculate, rusty hairs beneath, particularly when young; petiole up to 11 mm. Flowers in axillary and terminal branched heads. Corolla greenish-yellow or white, lobes covered in spreading white hairs on the inside. Only staminal corona lobes present, small erect. Fruit in paired widely diverging, slender follicles, 4.5-10 cm long, dark greenish-brown, tapering to a long point. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | alpini: named after Prospero Alpino (1553-1617), Italian botanist. |
| Habitat: | On the margins of forest and thicket. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 2400 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Page 22. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 73. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. 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 27. 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 270. Goyder, D.J. (1991). Secamone (Asclepiadaceae subfam. Secamonoideae) in Africa Kew Bulletin 47(3) Pages 452 - 455. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 54 - 55. 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 22. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 26. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 172 - 173. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 29. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 70. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 48. 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. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88. |
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