Details of record no: 81891

Dioscorea cochleari-apiculata De Wild.

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Date: 9 Mar 1997
Recorder(s):DK Harder
Collector(s):DK Harder
3974
Determiner(s):P Wilkin
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:K
Habitat: Collections in roadside, degraded miombo on micaceous soils.
Location: Choma District; ca. 38.2 km N on M11 of intersection Choma-Namwala Road and Choma-Lusaka Roads, ca. 5.6 km S of Ngonga stream.
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Outing code:
Planted code: Not planted
Country: Zambia
Quarter Degree Square: 1626B4
Grid reference:
FZ Division: S
Altitude (metres): 1200
Notes: Frequent; climber want-to-be to sprawling; fruits in pendulous clusters (to 30 cm long); triangular (x.s.) fruits, dull green with light brown hair; minute black tipped spines on stems and petioles.
Latitude, Longitude: -16.491111, 26.939444
Location Accuracy Code: 5

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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: Individual record no: 81891: Dioscorea cochleari-apiculata.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=81891, retrieved 27 December 2024

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