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Galium chloroionanthum
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| Description: | Perennial herb. Stems sparsely branched, mostly creeping or climbing, up to 2.3 m long, distinctly 4-angled set with small recurved prickles. Leaves in whorls of 6, more or less broadly elliptic to obovate, single-veined; apex acuminate; margin entire but set with small recurved prickles. Inflorescence very reduced, 1-3-flowered. Flowers 3-4 mm in diameter greenish white to yellowish. Fruit densely covered in brownish hooked hairs. | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mountains of Tropical East Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Madagascar. | |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. | |
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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 241. 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 72. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 162. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Page 198. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Galium chloroionanthumAfrican Plant Database: Galium chloroionanthum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Galium chloroionanthum
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