Oncinema lineare (L.F.) Bullock

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Oncinema

Characteristics

Perennial climber. Leaves shortly petiolate, linear-lanceolate. Flowers in lax cymes or racemes, lateral at nodes, pedunculate. Corolla with shallowly campanulate tube and 5 suberect, linear lobes, greenish yellow. Corona of 5 lobes ± as long as staminal column; lobes free, erect, laterally compressed, linear, grooved down back, white. Style produced into tapering, bifid column as long as corolla. Flowering time Nov., Feb.? Follicles solitary by abortion, narrowly fusiform. Seeds brown, linear-lanceolate, convex on back, concave on face, narrowly winged, smooth or with irregular ridges.
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Slender climber to 3 m, with fibrous roots; sap clear. Leaves opposite, linear to linear-lanceolate. Flowers cream-coloured, with long, slender style head and small corona lobes.
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Oncinema lineare world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:99883-1
WFO ID wfo-0001103577
COL ID 49H2J
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Synonyms

Apocynum lanceolatum Periploca capensis Astephanus lanceolatus Oncinema roxburghii Astephanus linearis Oncinema lineare Glossostephanus linearis Apocynum lineare