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Menispermum capense

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Name

Identification
Menispermum capense Thunb. [family MENISPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Cissampelos torulosa E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond. [family MENISPERMACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Menispermum capense
  • Cissampelos torulosa

Flora

Entry for CISSAMPELOS torulosa E. Mey [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 9, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
CISSAMPELOS torulosa E. Mey [family MENISPERMACEAE], ! in Pl. Drege
Menispermum capense Thunb. [family MENISPERMACEAE], Cap. p. 402. E. & Z.! No. 18.
Information
voluble, subglabrous; leaves broadly reniform, pointless, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, pale underneath and conspicuously reticulated; male cymes pedunculate, few flowered, sepals nearly glabrous; racemes of female flowers elongate, with large, leafy, reniform bracts; drupes pedicellate, glabrous, tuberculated. A slender, distantly branched, vinelike climber, either quite glabrous or thinly sprinkled, with close pressed hairs, especially on the lower surface of the leaves. Petioles 2–3 inches long. Inflorescence of both kinds supra-axillary, with a gland below the base of the peduncle.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Eastern Districts. Caffirland to Port Natal, E. & Z.! Drege! Gueinzius! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.)

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