Swaziland's Flora Database
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Rhoicissus tomentosa (Lam.) Wild & R.B.Drumm. (name current July 2011) Common Forest Grape umbovu (Rhoicissus napaeus) (Rhoicissus napaeus) VITACEAE Growth form: Climber Found within protected areas Swaziland distribution: widespread Local abundance: occasional Other uses Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Rhoicissus napaeus - Stems usually erect, unbranched, up to c 1,2 m high. Thinly grey-hairy. Leaves simple, alternate, stalk up to 4 cm long, blade roughly circular, paler below, slightly heart-shaped at base, margin with numerous broad rather pointed teeth, up to c 15 cm diam. Inflorescences opposite leaves, densely many-flowered. Fruits spherical, up to c 1 cm diam. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. Included in Tree Atlas. |
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