• Region

  Africa

• Country

  South Africa

• State/Province

  North-West

• Locality

  Molopo Park, northern part near Molopo River

• Coordinates

  -25.8133, 22.8709

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

The New York Botanical Garden
and University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Plants of South Africa
Apocynaeeae
Orthanthera jasminiflora (Decne.) Schinz
det. H. J. Venter, 2002
South Africa. Northwest Province., Molopo Park, northern part near Molopo
River. 25° 48.8' S: 22° 52.252' E
Plain, in full sun. Well drained aeolian sand of quartzite. Native and
occasional. Thorny savanna with Acacia erioloba, A. melífera, Schmidtia,
Grewia flava and Gragrostis lehmanniana.
Perennial prostrate herb, with stem up to 2 m long, with a thick taproot of 1 m
long. Petiole 5 mm long. Leaves simple, opposite, leathery, linear to ovate,
covered in stiff hairs, aromatic. Exudate a white latex. Inflorescence cymose,
flowers greenish white to cream.
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