Tinospora mossambicensis Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Tinospora

Characteristics

Slender liane with glabrous striate branchlets.. Leaves with petiole 4–6 cm. long; blade broadly ovate-triangular, slightly cordate at base, the lateral lobes united in the middle by a projection of the blade towards the petiole giving the central part of the blade a cuneate appearance, glabrous; nerves 5–7, palmate.. Male inflorescences 20–35 cm. long; pedicels 1.5–2 mm. long.. Male flowers with outer sepals 0.8–1.2 mm. long and 1.5–2 mm. wide; inner sepals 2–2.3 mm. long and 1.5–2 mm. wide; petals 1.5–2 mm. long, the inner narrower; stamens 6, their filaments connate at base or to half-way up, 0.8–1.2 mm. long.. Female inflorescences 20–35 cm. long; pedicels 4–5 mm. long.. Female flowers with carpels 1.5–2 mm. long.. Drupes unknown.
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Leaf-lamina broadly ovate-triangular, slightly cordate at the base; the lateral lobes united in the middle by a projection of the lamina towards the petiole giving the central part of the lamina a cuneate appearance, glabrous, nerves 5–7, palmate, petiole 4–6 cm. long.
Male flowers with outer sepals 0.8–1.2 x 1.5–2 mm.; inner sepals 2–2.3 x 1.5–2 mm.; petals 1.5–2 mm. long, the inner narrower; stamens 6, their filaments connate at the base or to half-way up, 0.8–1.2 mm. long.
Female inflorescences 20–30 cm. long; pedicels 4–5 mm. long.
Male inflorescences 20–35 cm. long; pedicels 1.5–2 mm. long.
Slender liane with glabrous striate branchlets.
Female flowers with carpels 1.5–2 mm. long.
Drupelets unknown.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Tinospora mossambicensis world distribution map, present in Mozambique and Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581625-1
WFO ID wfo-0001083939
COL ID 573Q7
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Synonyms

Tinospora mossambicensis Hyalosepalum mossambicense Desmonema mossambicense