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Paullinia pinnata
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Victoria Falls NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
Pungwe River at Katiyo Tea Estate
Photo: Mark Hyde
29, Harry Pichanick Drive, New Alexandra Park, Harare.
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| Status: | Native and cultivated |
| Description: |
Liane or climbing shrub. Stem angled, flattened or triangular. Leaves imparipinnate with winged rhachis. Inflorescences axillary on long stalks, bearing paired coiled tendrils. Flowers white. Fruit c. 2.5 cm long, obconical, 3-lobed at the apex, red when ripe. Seeds black, partially enclosed in a white aril. |
| Notes: | An isolated sub-population is known from the Victoria Falls area in W. Zimbabwe and Zambia. |
| Derivation of specific name: | pinnata: pinnate, referring to the compound leaves |
| Habitat: | In evergreen and mixed forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical and subtropical America, tropical & South Africa, Comoros and Madagascar. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,E |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, liane. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Eurytela dryope angulata (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 20 February 2024 |
| 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 260. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 540. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 42. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 256. Exell, A.W. (1966). Sapindaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 512 - 514. (Includes a picture). Exell, A.W. & Sousa, E.P. (1973). 51. Sapindaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 20 - 21. 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 76. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 95. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 100. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 174. |
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