Cnestis polyphylla
Itch-Pod
liHlozi
(Cnestis natalensis)
Connaraceae
As at April 2024, 1 herbarium specimen, 12 visual observations
South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cnestis natalensis - Stems twining, becoming hard and woody. Stems, leaf-stalks, underside of leaflets and sepals downy. Leaves without stipules, up to 12 cm long with c eight pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet, all similar in shape and mostly in size, oval, c 3 cm long X 1,3 cm wide. Sepals oval, c 3 mm long. Petals about as long but narrower, cream-coloured. Stamens ten, free. Ovary of five carpels, each with one or two seeds.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.
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