Taxon:
Cnestis polyphylla Lam.
Summary
Place of publication:
Encycl. 3:23. 1789
Verified:
02/18/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- Lemmens, R. H. M. J. 1989. Cnestis Juss. In: F. J. Breteler (ed.), The Connaraceae: a taxonomic study with emphasis on Africa. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 89-6:220.
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | fide Pap AU Wagen 89-6:226. | Lemmens, R. H. M. J. 1989. Cnestis Juss. In: F. J. Breteler (ed.), The Connaraceae: a taxonomic study with emphasis on Africa. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 89-6:220. |