Distribution Map

Riocreuxia picta

                   
   
umdzandzabuka wemahlatsi

Apocynaceae Asclepiadoideae Ceropegieae Anisotominae

As at April 2024, 10 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Flora Protection Act: Schedule B
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Riocreuxia picta - Tall straggling climber, hairless in all parts. Leaf stalk c 5 cm long; blade round in outline, broadly heart-shaped at base, backward-directed portions rounded, sometimes overlapping, end narrowing quickly to fine point, up to 10 cm diam, margin smooth. Inflorescences borne laterally, often copiously branched. Flower-stalk slender, c 2 cm long. Calyx lobes very narrow, c 2 mm long; corolla tube slightly enlarged at base, c 6 mm diam, total length of corolla 1,8 cm; lobes narrow, fine-pointed, tips converging and adhering; greenish with darker stripes at base.

* 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.