Ancylobothrys amoena
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Rocky miombo escarpment in light shade
Downstream of Kalonde Falls
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
Rocky miombo escarpment in light shade
Downstream of Kalonde Falls
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
Rocky miombo escarpment in light shade
Downstream of Kalonde Falls
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
Rocky miombo escarpment in light shade
Downstream of Kalonde Falls
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Landolphia amoena (Hua) Hua Landolphia ferruginea Stapf Landolphia nitida Lebrun & Taton Pacouria amoena (Hua) Pichon |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
For descriptions see World Flora Online |
| Type location: |
Guinea |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | On wooded rocky hillsides, in gallery forest, and often on termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mali, Burkina, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Chad, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| Botanical divisions: | V,VI,VII,IX,XI |
| Growth form(s): | Liane, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H. (2021). Apocynaceae, sous-familes I. Apocynoideae et II. Rauvolfioideae Flore d' Afrique Centrale Jardin botanique de Meise Pages 46 - 49. (Includes a picture). Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 426 - 427. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 51. |
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