Stephania cyanantha Welw. ex Hiern

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Stephania

Characteristics

Somewhat woody, twining, completely glabrous liane; stem and branches succulent.. Leaves with slender petiole 3–5 cm. long; blade triangular-orbicular to orbicular, rarely reniform, acuminate to obtuse at apex, entire or with the margins slightly undulate, 4.5–6.5 cm. long and wide, membranous; basal nerves 10–12, palmate.. Male inflorescences of false umbels of subglobular cymes, usually arising from leafless stems, 1–2.5 cm. in diameter; peduncles and pedicels very short.. Male flowers with 6 obovate-incurved, single-nerved sepals 1.5–2 mm. long and 1–1.5 mm. wide; petals 3–5, broadly subreniform, 0.6–1 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide, fleshy; synandrium 6–9-locular, 1.2–1.6 mm. in diameter, on a stipe 0.5–1 mm. long.. Female inflorescences similar to the male.. Female flowers unknown.. Drupes subreniform, 4–6 mm. long; exocarp like a thin skin, red when alive; endocarp transversely ribbed and furrowed.. Seeds 5–7 mm. long.
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Leaf-lamina 4.5–6.5 x 4.5 cm., triangular-orbicular to orbicular, rarely reniform, acuminate to obtuse at the apex, entire or with the margins slightly undulate, membranous; basal nerves 10–12, palmate, petiole slender, 3–5 cm. long.
Male flowers with 6 obovate, incurved, single-nerved sepals 1.5–2 x 1–1.5 mm.; petals 3–5, 0.6–1 x 1–1.5 mm., broadly subreniform, fleshy; synandrium 6–9-locular, 1.2–1.6 mm. in diam. on a stipe 0.5–1 mm. long.
Male inflorescences of false umbels or subglobular cymes, usually arising from leafless stems, 1–2.5 cm. in diam.; peduncles and pedicels very short.
Drupe subreniform, 5–7 mm. long; exocarp like a thin skin, red when fresh; endocarp transversely ribbed and furrowed.
Somewhat woody, twining, completely glabrous liane; stem and branches succulent.
Female inflorescences similar to the male.
Female flowers unknown.
Seeds 5–7 mm. long.
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Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Stephania cyanantha world distribution map, present in Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581411-1
WFO ID wfo-0000505161
COL ID 52BQY
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Synonyms

Stephania cyanantha