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Monkey Rope

Secamone alpini

Monkey Rope
Photo: Abu Shawka, Public domain
Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
Kenya to S. Africa
Climate
subtropical

About

Secamone alpini (also known as monkey rope or melktou) is a species of forest creeper in the family Apocynaceae.

Its natural habitat is the afro-montane forests of eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya to Cape Province.

Other Secamone plants

Secamone cuneifolia · Corky Milk Vine · Secamone racemosa · Secamone schatzii · Secamone socotrana · Secamone volubilis · Secamone

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Secamone alpini by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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