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Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Cryptolepis

Characteristics

An evergreen herb or small shrub. It can be a climber or scrambler. It grows 2 m high. It keeps growing from year to year. The branches are reddish-brown. The plant produces latex or sap when injured. The leaves are opposite and narrow. The leaves are dark green above and grey-green underneath. The are in well spaced pairs opposite each other. The flowers occur as 3-15 in branched clusters. They are yellowish-green. The flower has a tube and short lobes. The fruit occur in pairs joined at the base. They are 9 cm long by 1 cm wide.
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Shrub, up to 2 m high. Stems much branched, long and slender, reddish brown. Leaves petiolate; blade elliptic to oblong, 25-50 x 6-18 mm, apex acuminate; petioles 1-2 mm long. Flowers: few in clustered inflorescences; corona lobes subterete or clavate; corolla tube 1-4 mm long, lobes oblong or linear-oblong, < 4 mm long, yellow, white or pale greenish yellow; Sep.-Apr. Fruit a follicle.
Shrub, up to 1.5 m high. Leaves narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, acuminate, petioles 1-2 mm long. Corolla lobes shorter than 4 mm, oblong or linear-oblong. Corona lobes subterete or clavate. Flowers yellow, white or pale greenish yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.75
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in hot and arid areas. It grows in places with a dry season or 6-11 months. In southern Africa it grows between 50-1,800 m altitude. It grows in well-drained soil in woodland, hills or plains. It can grow in arid places. It grows in savannah woodland in West Africa.
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Savannah woodland. Found primarily on sandy sites in forests, though it can be found in a wide range of site conditions.
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked. They are slimy.
Uses animal food fiber food gene source material medicinal ornamental social use
Edible leaves roots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Cryptolepis oblongifolia world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Sudan, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95943-1
WFO ID wfo-0000628372
COL ID ZXYV
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Synonyms

Cryptolepis nigritana Cryptolepis oblongifolia Cryptolepis welwitschii Secamone acutifolia Ectadiopsis oblongifolia Ectadiopsis scandens Cryptolepis buxifolia Cryptolepis debeerstii Cryptolepis elliotii Cryptolepis linearis Cryptolepis suffruticosa Ectadiopsis acutifolia Ectadiopsis lanceolata Ectadiopsis myrtifolia Ectadiopsis nigritana Ectadiopsis suffruticosa Ectadiopsis welwitschii Ectadium oblongifolium Ectadiopsis oblongifolia Cryptolepis myrtifolia Cryptolepis longiflora Cryptolepis welwitschii var. luteola
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