Distribution Map

Vangueria venosa

               
(Pachystigma venosum)

Rubiaceae Ixoroideae Vanguerieae 

As at April 2024, 10 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Pachystigma latifolium - Stems erect, herbaceous or scarcely woody, seldom branched, very sparsely hairy. Leaves in pairs or threes, stalk very short; blade oval, paler below, blunt, up to 8 cm long x 4,5 cm wide. Flowers few in short inflorescences in axils of lowest leaves. Calyx tube very short, lobes strap-shaped, up to 8 mm long, greenish; corolla cream, tube c 4 mm long, lobes about same.

* 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.