Helinus mystacinus (Aiton) E. Mey. ex Steud.
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Tiger Kloof, Mutare
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Tiger Kloof, Mutare
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Tiger Kloof, Mutare
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along trail from the Serração to Chief Zomba, Zomba Community.
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Along trail from the Serração to Chief Zomba, Zomba Community.
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along trail from the Serração to Chief Zomba, Zomba Community.
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along trail from the Serração to Chief Zomba, Zomba Community.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Path to old Nyahode Power Station, Nyahode River, road to Rusitu
Photo: Bart Wursten
Path to old Nyahode Power Station, Nyahode River, road to Rusitu
Photo: Bart Wursten
Path to old Nyahode Power Station, Nyahode River, road to Rusitu
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Description:
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Climber with pubescent coiled tendrils. Branches reddish, pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate; margins entire. Flowers with a distinct pentagonal disk, in axillary umbels, greenish white. Sepals ovate-deltate, pubescent. Petals obovate, rolled around the stamens. Fruit obovoid, pubescent, tuberculate. |
Type location:
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Ethiopia |
Notes:
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This species is similar to Helinus integrifolius, differing mainly in the pubescence of the tendrils, flowers and fruits. |
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At forest margins. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; widely distributed in eastern Africa from Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal. |
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Growth form(s):
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Climber, shrub over 2 m.
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Literature:
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 234. (Includes a picture).
Drummond, R.B. (1966). Rhamnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 436 - 438. (Includes a picture).
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 257.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 69.
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Copyright:
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2025).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Helinus mystacinus. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137800, retrieved 13 February 2025
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