Raphionacme lanceolata Schinz

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C. 4 km east of Madziwa Mine

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Layby on Masvingo - Zvishavane road c. 39 km East of Zvishavane

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Hippo Pools, near camp, Umfurudzi Safari Area.

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Synonyms:	Raphionacme lanceolata Schinz var. latifolia N.E. Br.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb, up to 60 cm high, growing from a sub-spherical tuber, up to 35 cm in diameter. Stems up to 50 cm long, rarely longer, spreading horizontally, rarely erect, more or less densely velvety. Leaves opposite, mostly narrowly ovate-elliptic, ovate or obovate, 3-9 cm long, more or less densely velvety on both surfaces, sometimes dotted with reddish glands; petiole 2-10 mm long. Flowers in axillary, up to 15-flowered heads, more or less densely velvety. Corolla lobes spreading, oblong-ovate, c. 5 × 2 mm, mostly green, sometimes mauve, bluish or greenish-brown with mauve tips. Corona green to brownish or purplish-green; lobes simple, 4-8 mm long, with a deeply bifid apex. Fruit a single follicle, rarely paired, erect, narrowly ovoid, 5.5-11.5 cm long, tapering, finely velvety.
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Habitat:	In sandy, gravelly or rocky soils in grassy clearings in open woodland, often with Acacia or mopane.
Flowering time:	Jan - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Botswana distribution:	N,SW
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Content last updated:	Thursday 16 April 2015
Literature:	Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 40 - 41. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 29. 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 198. Venter, H.J.T. (2009). A Taxonomic revision of Raphionacme (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) South African Journal of Botany 75(2) Pages 318 - 320.

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