HYMENODICTYON PARVIFOLIUM

This member of the Rubiaceae family was given this name by Daniel Oliver in 1885. It is found in Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe, growing in a sandy soil with quite some water and some sun. The swollen roots can grow to eight centimetres in diameter, the entire tree to five metres in height, with additional five metres liana. The flowers are from white over greenish to yellow.

The genera name from Hymeno; 'membrane', and refers to the thin wing around each seed and dictyon meaning 'reticulate pattern' or 'network'. The species name means; 'small leafed'. The leaves by Bart Wursten, Zimbabweflora.co.zw.