Accession #: 200800040
Accession Date: 2008-04-28
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Family: Malpighiaceae
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Country of Origin: Madagascar: Toliara Province
Description: Vine, twining, ca. 3 m tall; fruit green, but some turning brown.
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Source: Charles Davis, Wenheng Zhang - Harvard University
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Plants of Malagasy Republic (Madagascar): Toliara Province: N of the city of Toliara on road to Maromandira, S. of Fiherenana River. 23d2'14"S,43d33'50"E; 7m. Shrub thickets at edge of and withing short (<6 m tall) mixed deciduous - broadleaved evergreen forest with Didieria, succulent Euphorbia (tree) and Pachypodium (tree). Climbing on shrubs at edge of forest and thickets. Vine, twining, ca. 3 m tall; fruit green, but some turning brown. W.H. Zhang, J. Andrianatina & D.E. Boufford, Harvard University Herbaria #142 24 January 2008
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