Alafia zambesiaca

Alafia zambesiaca grows as a climbing shrub or liana. Its fragrant flowers feature a creamy-white or yellowish corolla. Fruit is dark grey with paired follicles, each up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long. Habitat is savanna woodland. A. zambesiaca is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Alafia zambesiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Alafia
Species:
A. zambesiaca
Binomial name
Alafia zambesiaca
Kupicha

References

  1. "Alafia zambesiaca". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 15 August 2013.


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