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Cissampelos torulosa E. Mey. ex Harv. [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 150, (1960) Author: G. Troupin
Names
Cissampelos wildemaniana Van de Bossche ex De Wild. [family MENISPERMACEAE], Pl. Nov. Herb. Hort. Then. 1: 5, t. 2 (1904). Type: Mozambique, Morrumbala, Luja 473 (BR).
Menispermum capense Thunb. [family MENISPERMACEAE], Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 85 (1800) non Cissampelos capensis L. f. (1781). Type from S. Africa.
Cissampelos torulosa E. Mey. ex Harv. [family MENISPERMACEAE], in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 11 (1860). — Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 46 (1868). — Diels in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 94: 297 (1910). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 353 (1916). — Steedman, Trees, etc. S. Rhod.: 7 (1933). Type from S. Africa.
Information
Liane, sparsely hairy to glabrescent. Leaf-lamina 2–7 x 2–9 cm., subreniform, sometimes ovate-orbicular, generally auriculate and attenuate near the petiole or ± broadly cordate at the base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, discolorous, slightly pubescent or glabrescent on both sides but with a few yellowish hairs at the base of the nerves, nerves 3–5-palmate, petiole 2–7 cm. long, generally inserted at the base of the lamina or very near (1 mm.). Male inflorescences of axillary cymes, solitary or two together; peduncle and pedicels sparsely pubescent to glabrescent; bract linear, 0.5 mm. long. Male flowers with 4 sepals 1–1.2 x 0.5–0.7 mm., ovate-elliptic or obovate, slightly connate at the base, glabrous, 1-nerved; petals 4, very often connate into a cup-shaped corolla, sometimes imperfectly connate and one petal free or the cup-shaped corolla once or twice deeply indented; synandrium 4-locular, ± 1 mm. long. Female inflorescences of cymes of 1–4-flowered cymules 2–10 cm. long; pedicels 0.3–1 cm. long. Female flowers generally with 2 sepals, sometimes 3 or 4, 1.5 x 0.5 mm., glabrous, 1-nerved; petals very often 2, sometimes 3 or 4, 0.5–0.7 x 0.5–1.5 mm., more or less fleshy, glabrous; carpel 1–1.2 mm. long; stigma 3-fid. Drupe obovate-compressed, 4–7 x 3–5 mm. Seeds 6–8 mm. long.
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, fr. 18.xi.1944, Mendonça 2925 (LISC).Mozambique GI between Morrumbene and Massinga, fl. 26.ii.1955, E.M. & W. 656 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique MS Mafusi, Mossurize, fr. 23.ii.1907, Johnson 154 (K).Mozambique Z Morrumbala, fl. 30.xii.1858, Kirk (K).Malawi S Shire Highlands, fl. xii.1893, Scott Elliot 8584 (K).Zimbabwe E Chipete forest patch, fl. i.1906, Swynnerton 219 (BM; K).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Swaziland
Natal
Cape Province
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 150, (1960) Author: G. Troupin
Names
Cissampelos wildemaniana Van de Bossche ex De Wild. [family MENISPERMACEAE], Pl. Nov. Herb. Hort. Then. 1: 5, t. 2 (1904). Type: Mozambique, Morrumbala, Luja 473 (BR).
Menispermum capense Thunb. [family MENISPERMACEAE], Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 85 (1800) non Cissampelos capensis L. f. (1781). Type from S. Africa.
Cissampelos torulosa E. Mey. ex Harv. [family MENISPERMACEAE], in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 11 (1860). — Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 46 (1868). — Diels in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 94: 297 (1910). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 353 (1916). — Steedman, Trees, etc. S. Rhod.: 7 (1933). Type from S. Africa.
Information
Liane, sparsely hairy to glabrescent. Leaf-lamina 2–7 x 2–9 cm., subreniform, sometimes ovate-orbicular, generally auriculate and attenuate near the petiole or ± broadly cordate at the base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, discolorous, slightly pubescent or glabrescent on both sides but with a few yellowish hairs at the base of the nerves, nerves 3–5-palmate, petiole 2–7 cm. long, generally inserted at the base of the lamina or very near (1 mm.). Male inflorescences of axillary cymes, solitary or two together; peduncle and pedicels sparsely pubescent to glabrescent; bract linear, 0.5 mm. long. Male flowers with 4 sepals 1–1.2 x 0.5–0.7 mm., ovate-elliptic or obovate, slightly connate at the base, glabrous, 1-nerved; petals 4, very often connate into a cup-shaped corolla, sometimes imperfectly connate and one petal free or the cup-shaped corolla once or twice deeply indented; synandrium 4-locular, ± 1 mm. long. Female inflorescences of cymes of 1–4-flowered cymules 2–10 cm. long; pedicels 0.3–1 cm. long. Female flowers generally with 2 sepals, sometimes 3 or 4, 1.5 x 0.5 mm., glabrous, 1-nerved; petals very often 2, sometimes 3 or 4, 0.5–0.7 x 0.5–1.5 mm., more or less fleshy, glabrous; carpel 1–1.2 mm. long; stigma 3-fid. Drupe obovate-compressed, 4–7 x 3–5 mm. Seeds 6–8 mm. long.
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, fr. 18.xi.1944, Mendonça 2925 (LISC).Mozambique GI between Morrumbene and Massinga, fl. 26.ii.1955, E.M. & W. 656 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique MS Mafusi, Mossurize, fr. 23.ii.1907, Johnson 154 (K).Mozambique Z Morrumbala, fl. 30.xii.1858, Kirk (K).Malawi S Shire Highlands, fl. xii.1893, Scott Elliot 8584 (K).Zimbabwe E Chipete forest patch, fl. i.1906, Swynnerton 219 (BM; K).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Swaziland
Natal
Cape Province
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