Details of record no: 120885

Aristolochia gigantea Mart.

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Record details:

Date: 28 Apr 1976
Recorder(s):HM Biegel
Collector(s):HM Biegel
5291
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Herbarium:SRGH
Habitat: Garden ornamental.
Location: Marlborough Nurseries, Harare.
Location code(s): 1,231
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Planted code: Definitely planted
Country: Zimbabwe
Quarter Degree Square: 1730D4
Grid reference:
FZ Division: C
Altitude (metres): 0
Notes: Climber over 3 m high shade house. Pseudostipules curled round stem. Flowers geniculate, lower lobe 2-lobed to 1/3 to mouth of tube. Lobes densely veined red-brown on cream ground, liver-brown on either side of and above mouth of tube. Syrinx present, its rim a 1/2 circle. Stamens 6. When hairs in the tube are still firm, flower emits a lemon-like scent.
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Location Accuracy Code: 0

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: Individual record no: 120885: Aristolochia gigantea.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species-record.php?record_id=120885, retrieved 27 April 2024

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