Asparagus asparagoides
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Rukotso, nr summit, Nyanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Rukotso, nr summit, Nyanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Upper Nhamassa Valley, Mt. Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Path from entrance gate to Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe
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Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park
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Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (L.) Willd. |
| Common names: | Cape smilax (English) |
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Perennial twining or climbing herb, up to 2 m. Stems twisting, shortly branched. Leaves ovate, shiny, somewhat succulent. Flowers white, tubular at the base with tepal lobes reflexed and stamens excerted. Fruit a small spherical berry, black. |
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| Flowering time: | All year |
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| Growth form(s): | Climber. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 25. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 290. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Demissew, S. (2008). Asparagaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 29 - 30. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 86. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 56. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 14. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 93 - 94. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 81. |
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