Distribution Map

Secamone filiformis

       
Narrow-leaved Secamone
(Secamone frutescens)

Apocynaceae Secamonoideae  

As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens, 1 photo record, 24 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Mlawula

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Secamone frutescens - Small leafy plant, bushy with straight stems, or stems can twine up supports, ultimate branches very slender, almost hairless throughout. Leaf-stalk very slender, c 2 mm long; blade narrow oblong, blunt or shortly pointed, c 2 cm long x 3 mm wide. Inflorescences axillary, short, irregularly few-flowered. Calyx lobes c 1 mm long; corolla lobes c 2 mm long, greenish, upper surface hairless.

* 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.