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Cayratia ibuensis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National park.
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| Synonyms: |
Cissus ibuensis Hook. f. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herbaceous climber with leaf-opposed tendrils. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets up to 8 × 4 cm, ovate to elliptic; pointed at the apex; lateral leaflets often more or less lobed on on side; margin serrate-denticulate; petiole 1-5 cm long; petiolule of median leaflet up to 1.7 cm long. Inflorescences axillary on peduncles up to 9 cm long. Flowers greenish, often tinged purple-red. Fruit subglobose, 1 cm in diameter. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ibuensis: of the Ibo or Igbo region in south-central and southeastern Nigeria, where the type specimen was collected. |
| Habitat: | Riverine vegetation, on alluvial soils and rarely in Brachystegia woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
| Growth form(s): | Climber. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 102. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 185. Wild, H, Drummond, R.B. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 50. Vitaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Page 53. Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 492 - 493. (Includes a picture). |
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