Botanical name
Secamone alpiniFamily
ApocynaceaeCommon Name
Monkey RopeDescription
Scrambler or scandent shrub up to 10m; sap milky. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to ovate, 6-25mm wide, shiny dark green. Very small flowers are finely hairy above, corona lobes erect and incurved over the anthers; anthers 4-locular, pollen gathered into 4 pollinia.
Fruit is a seed pod which is dehiscent with a pair of follicles; seed with a tuft of hair on one end.
dehiscent = seed pod splits open along a 'built-in' line of weakness in order to release its seeds
follicle = a dry, unilocular fruit
Habitat
Bush and forests
Flower Date
October to January