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Raphionacme madiensis
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Chinyakwaremba, Vumba
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Chinyakwaremba, Vumba
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Chinyakwaremba, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Raphionacme wilczekiana Germain |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, up to 20 cm high, growing from a sub-spherical tuber, up to 16 cm in diameter. Stems with much milky sap, 1-several, 10-16 cm long, erect to spreading, somewhat roughly hairy. Leaves opposite, more or less narrowly ovate-elliptic, ovate or obovate, 7-14.5 cm long, green above, paler below, finely velvety with denser indumentum on the much paler veins, wrinkled; margin wavy; petiole 5-20 mm long. Flowers in axillary and terminal, many-flowered heads, more or less roughly hairy. Corolla lobes spreading, oblong-ovate to oblong-triangular, 5-7 mm long, dull green to whitish-green with brown, pink, magenta or violet streaks, tips or margins. Corona lobes apically 3-segmented; central segment 5-7 mm long, linear to filiform; lateral segments 2-3 mm long, hairless or papillose. Fruit a single erect follicle, ovoid, 4.5-6 cm long, tapering. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | madiensis: of Madi in Uganda, where the type specimen was collected. |
| Habitat: | In a variety of habitats from open savanna and grassland to rocky outcrops and shallow rock basins on limestone silt, grey clay, grey sandy clay-loam and orange-red loam. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Burundi, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,E |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 26 May 2021 |
| Literature: |
Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 39. Venter, H.J.T. (2009). A Taxonomic revision of Raphionacme (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) South African Journal of Botany 75(2) Pages 327 - 330. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Raphionacme madiensisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Raphionacme madiensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Raphionacme madiensis
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Raphionacme madiensis
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