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Raphionacme welwitschii

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Schlechter & Rendle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Thickets

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Caudiciform twining vine, tuber to 150mm diameter with erect or twining puberulous stems, leaves 150mm x 80mm velvety both surfaces, axillary velvety-pubescent cymes of flowers with tomentose dull purple sepals 2mm x 1.5mm, glabrous corolla tube 3mm x 4mm with glabrous lobes 6mm x 5mm

Further References

• Jstor
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew