Periploca linearifolia Dill. A. Rich.

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Lusero Forest, Nyika National Park

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Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park

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Near entrance road to Luwawa Forest Lodge.

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Synonyms:	Periploca linearis Hochst. Periploca refractifolia Gilli
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Description:	Twining climber or large liane with wiry, woody, reddish-brown stems up to 20 m long. Milky latex present. Leaves opposite, narrowly linear, 3-9 cm long, hairless. Inflorescences in many-flowered heads on peduncles up to 2 cm long. Sepals broadly ovate to sub-orbicular, c. 1 mm long and wide. Corolla cream-white, sometimes tinged violet(?) with widely spreading linear-ovate lobes 3–4 mm long, fringed with long hairs. Follicles spreading horizontally narrowly cylindrical-ovoid, 6–12(16) cm long and 4–5 mm wide.
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Derivation of specific name:	linearifolia: with very narrow or linear leaves.
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Worldwide distribution:	Burundi, DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
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Literature:	Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Page 21. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Pages 72 - 73. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 24. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 4 - 5. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 26. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 48. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 163 - 164. (Includes a picture).

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