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Secamone alpini Schult.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Secamone

Characteristics

Perennial climber, woody, 1-10 m long; young growth hirsute, ferrugineous. Leaves with lamina ± coriaceous, variable, obovate to elliptic, (10-)25-62 x 6-25(-35) mm; petioles 2-8(-11) mm long. Inflorescences terminal or axial, cymose panicles. Peduncles 6-20(-35) mm long. Flowers pedicelled (1-)2-4 mm long; corolla campanulate, tube 0.5-1.0 mm long, lobes ovate, 1-2 x 0.8-1.0 mm, outside glabrous, inside white-hairy. Staminal corona subulate, equalling staminal column, small-lobed. Style included or exserted from stamina curtain. Flowering time Nov.-Jan. Follicles paired, widely divergent, narrowly fusiform, 70-100(-150) x (3-)4-8 mm.
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Scrambling shrub. Leaves usually with a waxy epidermis and secondary veins parallel; 7-25 mm broad, oblong elliptic or narrowly ovate; blade 16-90 x 5-35 mm. Flowers: pollen gathered in 4 pollinia attached to a soft, pale corpuscle; style apex equalling or shortly exceeding anther tips, entire; corolla lobes white-pubescent inside, white yellow or greenish white; Sep.-Feb. Fruit a follicle.
Scrambling shrub. Leaves 7-25 mm broad, oblong, elliptic or lanceolate. Corolla lobes white-pubescent inside. Style apex equalling or shortly exceeding anther tips, entire. Flowers white, yellow or greenish white.
Scrambler or scandent shrub to 10 m; sap milky. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 6-25 mm wide, shiny dark green. Flowers finely hairy above, corona lobes erect and incurved over anthers.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 8.0
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Environment

Forests.
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use Jaundice (leaf), Vitiligo (leaf), Aphrodisiacs (plant exudate), Diuretics (plant exudate), Laxatives (plant exudate), Scabies (plant exudate), Wound healing (plant exudate), Abortifacient agents (root), Jaundice (root), Liver diseases (root), Antiseptic (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Galactogogue (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Throat (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Mouth (unspecified), Oral ulcer (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Anti-infective agents, local (whole plant), Galactogogues (whole plant), Depurative (whole plant)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Secamone alpini world distribution map, present in Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, eSwatini, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:101298-1
WFO ID wfo-0000431698
COL ID 4W84X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oxystelma secamone Secamone alpini Periploca secamone Sarcostemma secamone Secamone thunbergii
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