STEPHANIA ABYSSINICA
Author:
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, 1842
Family:
MENISPERMACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Walp. (1842). In: Rep. 1: 96.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
30 Centimetres?
Height:
10 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings?
CITES:
Synonyms:
Clypea abyssinica, Dill. & Rich. 1840.
Menispermum schimperi, Hochst. 1841.
Stephania bullata, Miers, 1866.
Stephania laevigata, Miers,1866
Stephania fastosa Miers, 1866.
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Stephania abyssinica var. tomentella, Oliv.
The genera name after Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher, 1804-1849, an Austrian botanist who formulated a major system of plant classification. The species name means 'from Abyssinia', present day Ethiopia. The leaves by Bart Wursten, Zimbabweflora.co.zw. Female flowers by Delia Oosthuizen, Wikimedia.org.
Flower
Greenish/Dark Brown
Soil
Mix - Rich
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
