Fockea multiflora K. Schum.

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Garura section of Mazowe River Game Reserve, Maramba CL, across Mazowe River from Hippo Pools

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Crocodile Farm, Kariba

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Synonyms:	Fockea schinzii N.E. Br.
Common names:	Python vine (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Large liane up to 15 m high with main trunk up to 30 cm in diameter, fleshy; bark smooth, grey, shiny. Leaves oblong to broadly elliptic, 3-15 cm long, hairy beneath, sometimes also above; petiole 8-25 mm long. Flowers in 10-30-flowered axillary umbels on a peduncle 5-15 mm long and pedicels 5-13 mm long. Corolla 10-15 mm in diameter, pubescent outside, yellowish-green to brown inside; lobes broadly linear, 5-10 mm long, spreading with margins slightly reflexed.
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Derivation of specific name:	multiflora: many-flowered
Habitat:	Usually among rocks in dry deciduous woodland, often with mopane.
Flowering time:	Aug - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola.
Botswana distribution:	N
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 17 January 2017
Literature:	Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Asclepiadaceae Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants Springer-Verlag Pages 138 - 139. Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia Strelitzia 34 SANBI, Pretoria, South Africa Pages 32 - 33. (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 818. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 558 - 559. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 25. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 66 - 67. (Includes a picture). 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 20. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 25. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 27. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 197.

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