- Family:
- Apocynaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Ancylobothrys Pierre
Ancylobothrys capensis (Oliv.) Pichon
[FZ]
Apocynaceae, A. J. M. Leeuwenberg and F. K. Kupicha et al.. Flora Zambesiaca 7:2. 1985
- Morphology General Habit
- Much-branched twiggy shrub, creeping along the ground or growing to 3 m., with stems farinose-puberulous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves coriaceous; petiole 3–6 mm. long; lamina 1·4–3·8 x 0·8–1·6 cm., elliptic to oblong, apex rounded to obtuse, without acumen, base cuspidate, sometimes fairly tapered. Upper leaf surface mat, puberulous, midrib slightly impressed, other nerves level; lower surface mat, paler than above, subglabrous to puberulous, all nerves slightly raised.
- Morphology Leaves Leaf veins
- Venation characteristic, with lateral nerves running straight to margin and joined in a looped submarginal vein, but veins relatively obscure because of the thick leaf texture.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences terminal panicles in which the few branches end in 1–3-flowered cymes; flowers also present, solitary and sessile, in axils of leaf-pair below the peduncle.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white, sweet-scented.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 4–5 mm. long, lobes narrowly linear, rounded at apex, united at base, dorsally densely ferrugineous appressed-pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla lobes 7–17 mm. long, 1–1·5 or more times as long as tube, lobes narrowly obovate, glabrous on inner surface, ± pubescent externally, shortly ciliate. Corolla tube 7–10 mm. long, slender, slightly inflated just below the middle, outer surface densely ferrugineous-pubescent above the level of the calyx, the indumentum continuing onto the lobes, inner surface of tube pubescent in the upper half.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens inserted c. 2·5 mm. from the base of the tube; anthers subsessile, c. 1·5 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary c. 0·75 mm. long, globose, pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style, clavuncle and stigma c. 2 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit subglobose, up to 5 cm. in diameter.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 10–12 mm. long.
Native to:
Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces
Ancylobothrys capensis (Oliv.) Pichon appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35: 297 (1953)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Flora Zambesiaca
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