Sericostachys scandens Gilg & Lopr.

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Status: Native
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Habitat: In montane evergreen forest.
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Worldwide distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan-South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Angola.
FZ divisions: N
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Literature:

Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 712 - 713. (Includes a picture).

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 46.

Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 60 - 62. (Includes a picture).

Troupin, G. (1978). Amaranthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Pages 250 - 251. as Sericostachys tomentosa (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Burundi: Sericostachys scandens
Flora of the DRC: Sericostachys scandens
Flora of Rwanda: Sericostachys scandens

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sericostachys scandens
African Plant Database: Sericostachys scandens
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sericostachys scandens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sericostachys scandens
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sericostachys scandens
JSTOR Plant Science: Sericostachys scandens
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sericostachys scandens
Plants of the World Online: Sericostachys scandens
Tropicos: Sericostachys scandens
Wikipedia: Sericostachys scandens


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: Sericostachys scandens.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=217890, retrieved 5 December 2025

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