Marsdenia macrantha (Klotzsch) Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Marsdenia

Characteristics

A climbing plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It can grow 10 m long. It has a white latex. The leaf stalks are 1-3 cm long. The leaves are 3-7 cm long by 1-6 cm wide. The flowers are creamy white. The pods are shiny green and brown follicles. They are 7-10 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The seeds are 12 mm long by 7-10 mm wide.
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Perennial climber. Follicles not winged, shining, often mottled green and brown. Calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, somewhat foliaceous. Corolla ± 20 mm in diameter, lobes densely villous all over inner surface. Flowers creamy white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 10.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 1,300 m above sea level. It grows in dry zones.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food food medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Marsdenia macrantha world distribution map, present in Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:99215-1
WFO ID wfo-0000371798
COL ID 8LFN2
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Synonyms

Marsdenia zambesiaca Marsdenia macrantha Periploca petersiana Dregea macrantha