Strophanthus kombe Oliv.

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Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number	No of images	Record date	Recorder(s)	Coll.	Det.	Conf.	Herbaria	Habitat	Location	Loc code(s)	Outing code	Planted code	Country	QDS	Grid ref.	FZ Div	Alt. (m)	Notes	Lat	Long	Loc Acc Code
94899	0	09 Nov 2001	BA Curtis	BA Curtis 1435			PRE WIND		Caprivi: Impalila Island.	208		0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1725C3			930	Climber; Notes: Climber with rough, dark chocolate brown stems with large white lenticels. Leaves opposite and decussate, thick, crinkled, discolorous, very hairy below. Hairs wiry. Flowers creamy white with pink and yellow throat and very long trailing edges to petals. Pods large like cows horns.	-17.783300	25.207500	5
94765	0	05 Nov 2001	BA Curtis	BA Curtis 1335	PV Bruyns		WIND		Caprivi: Salambala Conservancy.			0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1724D4			0	60 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 60 cm high. Stem: smooth. Flower: tubular with long trailing pinky-orange trails about 8 cm long, flower is white with 5 pinky-orange bands inside. Fruit/seed: pods long like a bulls horn, but now split open, reddish with white flecks; seeds flattened with green like plumed tail.	-17.912780	24.796670	4
94038	0	05 Oct 2001	CJH Hines	CJH Hines 1118	PV Bruyns		WIND		Caprivi: On small track between Katima Mulilo and Kwena village.			0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1724C2			960	Shrub; Notes: Shrub, generally about 1 - 1.5 m in height, but some plants with long branches extending up to 3 cm. Flowers: white at base of petal, petals long and tendril-like. Reverse (back) side of petals purple-red, front side of tendril portion yellow-cream. Stamens fused to corolla tube forming a reddish-orange pattern on the inside of corolla tube. Female parts 5-segmented, yellow. Basal bracts purple. Young flower buds bright pink to reddish-purple, up to 10 cm long. Flowers terminal on short branchlets which tend to be reddish in colour. Large 2 horned pod with white streaks (made up of many lenticels?). No leaves on plant. Bark smooth with distinct lenticels, purplish grey. Common on duplex soils, with shallow surface sands and heavy clay loams lower down. Area dominated by mopane.	-17.600000	24.325560	5
94455	0	27 Feb 2001	BA Curtis	BA Curtis 678	S Rügheimer		WIND		Caprivi: Near Chaka village, Salambala Conservancy, east Caprivi.			0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1724C4			0	2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, perennial. Height: 1-2 m (either a self standing shrub up to 1 m, or clambering in/over plants up to 2 m). Leaves: simple dark green above, pale and velvety below, very short petiole, decussate. Stem and bark: stiff, dark brown. Fruit and seed: two pods resembling the horns of a bull, large, brown, with white flecks when mature. Vegetation: closed/open woodland.	-17.858060	24.470000	4
94713	0	30 Dec 2000	K Sharpe	K Sharpe 7	C Mannheimer		WIND		Caprivi: Ngoma floodplains.			0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1724D3			0	Tree; Notes: Small tree, with leaves only.	-17.875000	24.625000	4
93275	0	21 Oct 1988	GL Maggs	GL Maggs 277	S Kruger		WIND		Caprivi: Middle W Caprivi.			0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1722D3			0	1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1 m high. Stems profusely branched from base, bark purplish brown with cream-coloured longitudinal fissures, transverse ridges at nodes, young branchlets red-brown with dense, short, white, pubescent indumentum. Leaves opposite ( appearing clustered on compressed dwarf shoots), simple, petiole short, 1 - 2 mm long, adax. Grooved , stout, slightly curved with dense, white velutinous indumentum, lamina obovate to elliptic, apex acute to minutely apiculate. Occasional notched, base cuneate to decurrent, margin entire to sinuate, 2,5-6x1-2,5 cm, adax. Bright green, densely velutinous, abax. Dull pale green, densely velutinous, midrib prominent, soft and velvety to the touch. Flowers past. Fruit a bilobed follicle, borne to main axis, each lobe cylindrical- cuneate, 18 cm long, 1, 5 cm at base tapering to apex, soft and leathery, purplish brown with white lenticular markings, constricted at junction of 2 mericarps with fine yellowish, flocculose indumentum.	-17.875000	22.625000	5
94365	0	13 Feb 1988	GL Maggs	GL Maggs 272	S Kruger		WIND		Caprivi: 7 km along turn-off to Chinchimane from National Road.			0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1724C3			0	Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up to 1 m high. Stems profusely branched from base; bark purplish-brown with cream-coloured longitudinal fissures, transverse ridges at nodes; young branchlets red-brown with dense, short, white pubescent indumentum. Leaves opposite (appearing clustered on compressed dwarf shoots), simple; petiole short, 1-2 mm long, adaxially grooved, stout, slightly curved, with dense white velutinous indumentum; lamina obovate to elliptic, apex acute to minutely apiculate, occasionally notched, base cuneate to decurrent, margin entire to sinuate, 2.5 - 6 x 1 - 2.5 cm, adaxially bright green, densely velutinous, abaxially dull pale green, densely velutinous, midrib prominent, soft and velvety to the touch. Flowers past. Fruit a bilobed follicle, borne perpendicular to main axis; each lobe cylindrical-cuneate, 18 cm long, 1.5 cm at base tapering to apex, soft and leathery, purplish-brown with white lenticular markings, constricted at junction of 2 mericarps, with fine yellowish flocculose indumentum.	-17.875000	24.125000	4
73144	0											0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1724C2			0	Cited in Bruyns (2014), Apocynaceae of Namibia			2
73145	0											0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1724D4			0	Cited in Bruyns (2014), Apocynaceae of Namibia			2
73146	0									208		0	Namibia (Caprivi Strip)	1725C3			0	Cited in Bruyns (2014), Apocynaceae of Namibia			2

Total records found: 10