Dactyliandra welwitschii
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Leaf and flower
17 Dec 2006
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Leaves
17 Dec 2006
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Leaf
12 Apr 2009
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Fruit (unripe)
12 Apr 2009
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Fruit (ripe)
22 Jun 2009
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Flower (note stipular bract)
21 Mar 2008
| Family: | Curcurbitaceae |
| Full name: | Dactyliandra welwitschii Hook.f. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Blastania luederitziana Cogn. Dactyliandra luederitziana (Cogn.) Cogn. |
| Status: | Near-endemic |
| Description: | Stem angled, grooved and scabrid, trailing and climbing. Leaves 2–4 in. diameter, rather membranous, but very scabrid, lobes obovate or lanceolate, contracted at the base, irregularly sinuate-lobed serrate or toothed; petiole 1–3 in., rather stout. Stipular bract orbicular-reniform or dimidiate, 0.2– 0.5 in. diameter, strongly ciliate-toothed. Female fl.: 0.125– 0.167 in. diameter, numerous, subumbelled on slender scabrid peduncles; pedicels unequal, 0.25– 0.333 in. Berry scarlet (Welwitsch), 0.666 in. diameter. Seeds 0.2 in. long, dark coloured. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical Africa) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 01 Jun 2020 |
