Basananthe hanningtoniana (Mast.) W.j.de Wilde

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Passifloraceae > Basananthe

Characteristics

Erect or climbing 0.1–3 m., branched, annual or perennial, glabrous, pubescent, scabrous or hispid.. Tendrils 1–15 cm.. Leaf-blades 3–5-lobed, rarely unlobed, ovate to suborbicular in outline, 1–13 by 1–13 cm., glabrous or hairy (often only beneath), base truncate to cordate; lobes ovate or elliptic to lanceolate, or obovate, up to 8.5 cm., top acute to broadly obtuse; margin dentate or with remote slender gland-teeth to ± 3 mm., often more dense towards the base; petiole 0.2–8 cm., sometimes with a few gland-teeth at the top.. Stipules 3–15 mm. False stipules absent.. Inflorescences (1–)2-flowered; peduncle 1–10 cm.; bracts 0.5–4 mm., sometimes caducous or absent.. Flower-stipe 2–10 mm.. Hypanthium 1.5–4 mm. wide.. Sepals 3–8 mm., obtuse to acute, glabrous or hairy.. Petals 2–6 mm.. Outer corona-tube 1.5–2.3 mm., threads 1.5–2.3 mm.. Disk 0.2–0.5 mm.. Inner corona cup-shaped, 0.7–1.5 mm.. Stamens 5(–9); filaments 2–3 mm., anthers 1–1.5(–2.5) mm.. Ovary 0.6–2 mm.; styles 3(–4), free, 1–3 mm.. Fruit (excluding the 2–6 mm. long gynophore) 1–1.8 cm., containing 1–5 seeds.. Seeds 6–7 mm.. Fig. 8.
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Leaf-lamina 1–13 × 1–13 cm., 3–5-lobed, rarely simple, glabrous or hairy (sometimes only beneath), truncate or cordate at the base; lobes up to 8·5 × 3 cm., ovate, elliptic, lanceolate or obovate, obtuse or acute at the apex, margin entire or ± remotely dentate; petiole 0·25–8 cm. long, sometimes with a few glandular teeth at the apex.
Cymes 1–2-flowered, the flowers greenish-cream with stipe 2–10 mm. long; peduncle 1–10 cm. long; bracteoles 0·5–4 mm. long, sometimes caducous or absent.
Persistent cotyledons up to 2 × 0·8 cm., elliptic, with slender petiole c. 6 mm. long.
Stamens 5(9), with filaments· 2–3 mm. long and sagittate anthers 1–1·5(2·5) mm. long.
Outer corona bluish, with the tube 1-·5–2·25 mm. high and threads 1·5–2·25 mm. long.
Annual or perennial, glabrous or pubescent erect or climbing herb 0·1–3 m. tall.
Sepals 3–8 mm. long, obtuse or acute at the apex, glabrous or hairy.
Ovary 0·65–2 mm. long; styles 3(4), free, 1–3 mm. long.
Capsule 1·5-–7 × 0·7 cm., ellipsoid, 1–5-seeded.
Inner corona 0·75–1·5 mm. high, cup-shaped.
Seeds 6–7 × 4 mm., subreniform, blackish.
Tendrils 1–15 cm. long, slender.
Hypanthium 1·5–4 mm. broad.
Stipules 3–15 mm. long.
False stipules absent.
Petals 2–6 mm. long.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.03
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Basananthe hanningtoniana world distribution map, present in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:674239-1
WFO ID wfo-0000561006
COL ID 68DBK
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Synonyms

Tryphostemma volkensii Tryphostemma stolzii Tryphostemma foetidum Tryphostemma snowdenii Tryphostemma latilobum Tryphostemma niloticum Basananthe hanningtoniana Tryphostemma hanningtonianum