Swaziland's Flora Database

Species Information

Asclepias cultriformis (Harv. ex Schltr.) Schltr. (name current 2016) inkhokabovu sidzayi umdzayana Apocynaceae Growth form: Shrub Restricted distribution within southern Africa Found within protected areas Swaziland distribution: widespread Cultural uses Other uses Red Data Book Information: Status: DD Distribution: Usuthu, 14 km from Piggs Peak to Mbabane, unspecified locality in Mbabane Widespread, although represented by only a few collections. Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Asclepias cultriformis - Rather stout, erect, unbranched, thinly long-hairy. Leaf-blades lance-shaped or oblong, c 4 cm long X 1 cm wide, margin rough. Inflorescences at top of shoot, with few unusually large flowers; corolla lobes spreading, 1,5 cm long x 7 mm wide, green; corona lobes without long points, white. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.