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Helinus mystacinus
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Tiger Kloof, Mutare
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Path to old Nyahode Power Station, Nyahode River, road to Rusitu
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Path to old Nyahode Power Station, Nyahode River, road to Rusitu
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Path to old Nyahode Power Station, Nyahode River, road to Rusitu
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| Description: | Climber with pubescent coiled tendrils. Branches reddish, pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate; margins entire. Flowers with a distinct pentagonal disk, in axillary umbels, greenish white. Sepals ovate-deltate, pubescent. Petals obovate, rolled around the stamens. Fruit obovoid, pubescent, tuberculate. | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; widely distributed in eastern Africa from Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal. | |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, shrub over 2 m. | |
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| 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 234. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1966). Rhamnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 436 - 438. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 257. 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 69. |
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Flora of Malawi: Helinus mystacinusFlora of Mozambique: Helinus mystacinus
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Helinus mystacinus
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Helinus mystacinusAfrican Plant Database: Helinus mystacinus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Helinus mystacinus
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Helinus mystacinus
JSTOR Plant Science: Helinus mystacinus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Helinus mystacinus
Plants of the World Online: Helinus mystacinus
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Wikipedia: Helinus mystacinus
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