Helinus mystacinus (Aiton) E. Mey. ex Steud.

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Tiger Kloof, Mutare

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Along trail from the Serração to Chief Zomba, Zomba Community.

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Path to old Nyahode Power Station, Nyahode River, road to Rusitu

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Description:	Climber with pubescent coiled tendrils. Branches reddish, pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate; margins entire. Flowers with a distinct pentagonal disk, in axillary umbels, greenish white. Sepals ovate-deltate, pubescent. Petals obovate, rolled around the stamens. Fruit obovoid, pubescent, tuberculate.
Type location:	Ethiopia
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Worldwide distribution:	Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; widely distributed in eastern Africa from Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal.
Growth form(s):	Climber, shrub over 2 m.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 234. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1966). Rhamnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 436 - 438. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 257. 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 69. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 217.

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