Vincetoxicum anomalum (N.E. Br.) Meve & Liede

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Cloudlands Forest, Vumba

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Near Chalet 2, Chirinda Forest

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Synonyms:	Cynanchum chirindense S. Moore Cynanchum papillosum Weim. Tylophora anomala N.E. Br.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Robust perennial twiner or climber with milky sap. Leaves opposite more or less narrowly ovate, mucronate at the apex. Flowers in branched axillary heads. Fruit usually a single slender, pointed follicle.
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Habitat:	In evergreen forest and gully forest near streams.
Altitude range:	1500 - 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Malawi distribution:	N
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Insects associated with this species:	Amauris echeria lobengula (Food plant) Amauris ochlea ochlea (Food plant)
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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 75. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 18. As Cynanchum chirindense 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. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 355 - 356. 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 20. as Cynanchum chirindense Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 24.

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