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Cynanchum pygmaeum Schltr. |
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Small perennial herb, less than 45 cm tall. Leaves linear, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate. Flowers in small terminal umbels, appearing at ground level before the leaves, olive-green, yellow-brown or brownish purple; corona white. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 70. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 346 - 348. 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 20. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 52. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 24. |