Cladostigma hildebrandtioides Hallier f.

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit

Scandent or climbing shrub, 1–2 m tall; branches pubescent when young

Morphology Leaves

Leaves alternate or clustered; blade elliptic to obovate, 8–27 x 2.5–12 mm, obtuse and mucronate to acute or retuse at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base, pubescent on both sides, more densely so below; petiole 0–5 mm long, pubescent

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Female inflorescence axillary, solitary or 2–3 together; peduncle 0–0.5 mm long; pedicels 7–10(–15) mm long Male inflorescence axillary, pseudopaniculate, 4–7-flowered, pubescent; peduncle 0–1 mm long; bracts lanceolate, 2 mm long; pedicels 2.5–8 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Female flowers: sepals spathulate, slightly unequal, 3 outer 5–6 x 3.5–4 mm, 2 inner 5 x 3 mm; corolla 6 mm long, tube 3 mm long; ovary hairy at apex; styles 3–4 mm long, stigma branched; staminodes c. 3.5 mm long Male flowers: sepals 5, ± equal, 2.5–3.5 x 1.5–2 mm, oblanceolate, pubescent outside; corolla 7–8 mm long, 5-lobed; stamens ± equal; filaments 4.5–6.5 mm long, glabrous, not jointed

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Fruiting calyx

Fruiting sepals ± equal, 6–10 x 5.5–10 mm, sparsely pubescent on both sides

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Capsule, glabrous except for tuft of hairs at the top, 1–2-seeded

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds orange turning brown, 2.5–3 x 2.5 mm.

Distribution

S1; Ethiopia, Kenya

Ecology

Altitude range c. 290 m.