Mondia whitei

PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / GENTIANALES / APOCYNACEAE / PERIPLOCOIDEAE / MONDIA / WHITEI

Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels

Endangered NE Indigenous

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Morphological description

Woody climber, up to 10 m high. Stipules forming a band connecting the pair of petioles and divided into several horizontally spreading blunt teeth. Corona lobes broadly obcordate with subulate dorsal process. Flowers greenish outside, purplish inside with distinctive yellowish marking. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

In dense bush or forest. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

October to February

Altitude

20 to 1400 m

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Names and Sources

Accepted name

Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels

Synonym(s)

Chlorocodon whitei Hook.f.

Periploca latifolia K.Schum.

Tacazzea amplifolia S.Moore

Tacazzea viridis A.Chev.

Common name	Language	Reference/barcode
gemmerklimop	Afrikaans	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
gingerbeer-root	English	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
ginger-climber	English	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
mondia	English	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
Mundi	Zulu
uMondi	Zulu
umondi	Zulu	Acocks, JPH. 1976. Field notebooks (1936-1976).
uMondi	Zulu	Balkwill, K; Williams, VL; Witkowski, ETF. 2001. A lexicon of plants traded in the Witwatersrand umuthi shops, South Africa, Bothalia 31(1&2): 71-98.
umondi	Zulu	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
White's ginger	English	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
White-se-gemmerklimop	Afrikaans	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.

Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Gentianales

FAMILY Apocynaceae

SUBFAMILY Periplocoideae

GENUS Mondia

SPECIES whitei

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limpopo, south africa (4)

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Specimen records

Barcode: NH0048846-0 Collector(s) & number: Scheepers, JC, 1058 | 1960-11-24

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Barcode: PRE0856806-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 11150 | 2012-6-11

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Barcode: PRE0344407-0 Collector(s) & number: Wood, JM, 5499 | 1894-12-21

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Barcode: PRE0849881-0 Collector(s) & number: Huntley, BJ, 3564 | 1974-10-10

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Barcode: NH0076118-1 Collector(s) & number: Schrire, BD, 1404 | 1983-2-22

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Barcode: NH0698362-0 Collector(s) & number: Pienaar, BJ, 170 | 1980-2-22

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Barcode: NH0122110-0 Collector(s) & number: Crouch, N, 762 | 1998-4-15

General notes: Rootstocks smell of vanilla. Prominent interpetiolar stipule. Voucher for chemical study, UND Chemistry Dept with Neil Koorbanally. Roots analysed.

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Barcode: NH0048196-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 3626 | 1960-11-6

General notes: Climber in riverine forest. Common. Corolla lobes green outside, maroon inside.

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Barcode: NH0059229-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 5745 | 1965-1-25

General notes: Climber in highest tree canopy. Mauve corolla lobes. Flowered in Natal Herbarium Garden 3 January 1969.

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Barcode: NH0001704-0 Collector(s) & number: Unknown, s.n. | --

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Barcode: PRE0344402-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 5745 | 1965-1-25

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Barcode: NH0131243-0 Collector(s) & number: Ngwenya, AM, 2018 | 2001-2-14

General notes: Herb up to c. 20cm tall; Biome: forest. Vegetation type: gum plantation. Substrate: soil. Moisture regime: well drained. Soil type: loam. Exposure: partial shade. Slope: steep. Aspect: North West. Biotic effect: plantation. Notes: occasional. Other: IsiZulu name: (umondi). (ZBK Project).

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Barcode: PRE0344398-0 Collector(s) & number: Scheepers, JC, F1058 | 1968-7-8

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Barcode: PRE0344406-0 Collector(s) & number: Wood, JM, 6180 | 1896-12-20

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Barcode: NH0011900-0 Collector(s) & number: Stainbank, HE, s.n. | 1908-1-17

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Barcode: PRE0344413-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 10347 | 1965-1-25

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Barcode: NH0145307-0 Collector(s) & number: Keswa, VW, 1508 | 2006-12-10

General notes: Zulu Botanical Knowledge Project. IsiZulu name: umondi.

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Barcode: PRE0344409-0 Collector(s) & number: Wood, JM, 10754 | 1907-12-17

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Barcode: NH0017622-0 Collector(s) & number: Oliver, GE, 138 | 1925-2-

General notes: Growing on verandah at hotel. Plant about 50 years old.

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Barcode: PRE0867993-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 13515 | 2016-11-16

General notes: Sterile. Good population. Two DNA samples taken.

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Barcode: PRE0344397-0 Collector(s) & number: Keet, JDM, PRE 51139 | 1967-12-

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Barcode: PRE0344411-0 Collector(s) & number: Wood, JM, 10197 | 1906-12-27

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Barcode: NH0052115-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 5745 | 1965-1-25

General notes: Barringtonia swamp forest. Climber 40ft high. No flowers. Ring toothed at nodes.

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Barcode: PRE0344396-0 Collector(s) & number: Gerstner, J, 5805 | 1946-1-22

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Barcode: NH0086448-0 Collector(s) & number: Goodman, PS, 1202 | 1985-12-7

General notes: Riparian woodland on recent alluvial soils. Robust creeper in shrub stratum of woodland. Flowers purple to red (inside of petals) green to white (outside). Leaves large, up to 300mm. Grid ref.: 2732CA/ CB.

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Barcode: NH0078639-0 Collector(s) & number: Gerstner, J, 617 | 1935-1-20

General notes: Vine. Flowers greenish/brown.

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Barcode: NH0076118-2 Collector(s) & number: Schrire, BD, 1404 | 1983-2-22

General notes: Widespread creeper over trees in garden. Petals purple.

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Barcode: PRE0344399-0 Collector(s) & number: Young, JG, PRE 51144 | --

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Barcode: NH0068941-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 10347 | 1965-1-25

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Barcode: NH0103194-0 Collector(s) & number: Williams, R, 220 | 1988-3-1

General notes: Creeper over Euphorbia and Ochna plants. Flowered prolifically in January but few fruit set (March).

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Barcode: NH0050137-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 3626 | 1960-11-6

General notes: Climber in riverine forest. Common. Corolla lobes green outside, maroon inside.

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Barcode: PRE0344400-0 Collector(s) & number: Young, JG, PRE 51145 | 1933-3-

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Barcode: NH0076118-1! Collector(s) & number: Schrire, BD, 1404 | 1983-2-22

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Barcode: NH0076118-2! Collector(s) & number: Schrire, BD, 1404 | 1983-2-22

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Barcode: NH0127590-0 Collector(s) & number: Crouch, N, 768 | 1998-12-3

General notes: Liane, maroon flowers. Roots smell of vanilla. Cultivated plant. Voucher for tissue culture work, Durban Parks Department.

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Barcode: PRE0344412-0 Collector(s) & number: Wood, JM, 5499 | 1894-12-21

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Barcode: NH0004110-0 Collector(s) & number: Medley-Wood, J, 3271 | 1884--

General notes: White.

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Barcode: NH0132710-0 Collector(s) & number: Styles, D, 2301 | 2005-1-22

General notes: Planted in edge of remnant forest in Rod Edward's indigenous Garden. Rampant climber to the tops of trees, all parts with milky latex. Flowers with petals creamy green on the outside, burcundy on inside, central columnar struture cream.

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Barcode: PRE0878203-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 16852 | 2021-11-25

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Barcode: NH0104222-0 Collector(s) & number: Williams, R, 142 | 1988-1-7

General notes: Creeper over trees in garden. Flowers with a coconut fragrance.

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2009

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Morphology and taxonomy of Mondia (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) Venter, HJT; Verhoeven, RL; Bruyns, PV

South African Journal of Botany 75(3)456-465

1997

SERIES

Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters Retief, E; Herman, PPJ

Strelitzia 6: 1-681

National Botanical Institute, Pretoria

1996

SERIES

Red Data List of Southern African Plants Hilton-Taylor, C; Leistner, OA

Strelitzia: 117-117

NBI, Cape Town

1979

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels Ross, JH; Scott, M

Flowering Plants of Africa 45(3&4), t.1792

1961

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Notes on African Asclepiadaceae IX Bullock, AA

Kew Bulletin 15(3)193-206

1907

FLORA

Asclepiadeae Brown, NE

In: WT Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae. Flora Capensis 4(4)518-672

Lovell Reeve & Co., London

1895

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

CCCCLVII. Decades Kewenses Plantarum Novarum in Herbario Hortii Regii Conservatarum. Decades XV-XIX

Kew Bulletin 1895: 102-120

2003.

BOOK

Gene conservation in the threatened medicinal plant mondia whitei (hook.F.) Skeels (asclepiadaceae) using DNA profiles and micropopagation. Aboobaker, H.

Mary Gunn Library

2003.

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Part(s) of plant used	Use(s)	Reference
Roots	Appetite: stimulation (Used by: Zulu)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Unspecified	Heartburn (Used by: Shambala)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Stomachache (Body part: Stomach Used by: Zulu)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Unspecified	Impotence - Men (Used by: Shambala)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Schistosomiasis	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Unspecified	Uterine stimulant - Women (Body part: uterus Used by: Haya)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Appetite : poor	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Flatulence: relieves (Body part: Intestine Used by: Zulu)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Body pains (Body part: Body or limbs Used by: Bondei)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Abdomen: pain (Body part: Abdomen)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Constipation	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Aphrodisiac	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Purgative (Used by: Masai)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Indigestion (Used by: Zulu)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Unspecified	Fits (Used by: Shambala)	Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Anorexia	Van Wyk, B-E; Gericke, N. 2003. Peoples's plants. Briza, Pretoria. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Aphrodisiac	Van Wyk, B-E; Gericke, N. 2003. Peoples's plants. Briza, Pretoria. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Constipation	Van Wyk, B-E; Gericke, N. 2003. Peoples's plants. Briza, Pretoria. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Bilharzia	Van Wyk, B-E; Gericke, N. 2003. Peoples's plants. Briza, Pretoria. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Stress	Van Wyk, B-E; Gericke, N. 2003. Peoples's plants. Briza, Pretoria. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Tension	Van Wyk, B-E; Gericke, N. 2003. Peoples's plants. Briza, Pretoria. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Fits - Children	Van Wyk, B-E; Gericke, N. 2003. Peoples's plants. Briza, Pretoria. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Bilharzia (Used by: Shona)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Anorexia (Used by: Shona)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Appetite: loss (Used by: Shona)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Aphrodisiac	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Abdomen: pain (Body part: Abdomen Used by: Bondei)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Abdominal complaints (Body part: Abdomen Used by: Zulu)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Stomach problems (Body part: Stomach Used by: Africans)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Leaves	Childbirth: heavy bleeding after - Newly (Used by: Bafia)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Flowers	Asthma - Children	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Gonorrhoea (Used by: Shamba)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Impotence - Men (Used by: Shamba)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Aphrodisiac (Used by: Shamba)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Root bark	Asthma - Children	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Plant	Uterine stimulant: during birth - Women (Used by: Haya)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Constipation (Used by: Shona)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Root bark	Respiratory ailments	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Liana	Aphrodisiac	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Flowers	Respiratory ailments	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Purgative (Used by: Masai)	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Sperm production: increase	Neuwinger, HD. 1996. African ethnobotany: Poisons and drugs. Chapman & Hall, Weinheim. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Aphrodisiac (Used by: Shamba)	Kokwaro, JO. 1976. Medicinal plants of east Africa. East African Literature Bureau, Nairobi. [All rights reserved]
Roots	Gonorrhoea (Body part: Genitalia Used by: Shamba)	Kokwaro, JO. 1976. Medicinal plants of east Africa. East African Literature Bureau, Nairobi. [All rights reserved]

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