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Asparagus asparagoides
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Rukotso, nr summit, Nyanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Rukotso, nr summit, Nyanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Path from entrance gate to Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe
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| Synonyms: |
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (L.) Willd. |
| Common names: | Cape smilax (English) Ruringare (Shona) |
| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial twining or climbing herb, up to 2 m. Stems twisting, shortly branched. Leaves ovate, shiny, somewhat succulent. Flowers white, tubular at the base with tepal lobes reflexed and stamens excerted. Fruit a small spherical berry, black. |
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| Habitat: | In margins of forest and thicket and in rocky areas in grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 2450 m |
| Flowering time: | All year |
| Worldwide distribution: | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | Climber. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 11 November 2005 |
| Literature: |
Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 25. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 290. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Demissew, S. (2008). Asparagaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 29 - 30. 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 86. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 14. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 93 - 94. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 81. |
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