Secamone stuhlmannii K.Schum.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Secamone

Characteristics

A woody creeper. It has rusty hairs. The leaves are simple and opposite. The leaves are 1-6 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. The flowers are in groups at the ends of the plant or in the axils of leaves. The flowers have both sexes. The fruit are a pair of follicles. These are 6-10 cm long by 1 cm wide. They taper to a point.
Life form perennial
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in bushland between 800-1,700 m above sea level.
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Riverine bushland and thickets, at elevations from 800-1,700 metres.
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Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable in times of food scarcity.
Uses food gene source material medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:101393-1
WFO ID wfo-0001102956
COL ID 4W89T
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Synonyms

Secamone stuhlmannii

Lower taxons

Secamone stuhlmannii subsp. whytei Secamone stuhlmannii subsp. stuhlmannii