Description ²

Woody climber. Stems velvety, milky sap present. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic to ovate, often with a sharp point at the apex, dark glossy green above, covered in greyish velvety hairs below, veining conspicuous. Flowers small, fleshy, in loose, branched inflorescences, creamy-white, often tinged reddish on the outside of the flowers; outer corona lobes long and filiform. Fruits in paired slender, pointed follicles, covered in velvety greyish hairs.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Günter Baumann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=1532
2. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/30285830

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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