| Home | > | List of families | > | Apocynaceae subfamilies Apocynoideae and Rauvolfioideae | > | Alafia | > | orientalis |
| Synonyms: |
Alafia schumannii sensu R.B. Drumm. non Stapf |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Large liane. Bark grey, smooth, with lenticels; milky sap present. Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, 4.5-8 cm long, dark green above, paler below, leathery, the lamina puckered along the veins; margin entire, sometimes slightly rolled under. Flowers in very dense, many-flowered terminal and lateral inflorescences; corolla white, often reddish on the outside. Fruit in paired slender follicles, 25 - 70 [!] cm long, grey. Seeds with an apical tuft of golden hairs, c. 5 cm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | orientalis: oriental, eastern |
| Habitat: | In dense areas of evergreen forest. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, liane. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 808. As Alafia schumannii (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 4. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 269. As Alafia schumannii Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 492. 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 18. |
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