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APOCYNACEAE: Different Growth Forms

pictures of flowers


Different growth forms occurring in different biotopes: to the left: Ambelana laxa (Mologo blanco) in a flood-plain wood at the Rio Negro in Brazil. - to the right: Saba comorensis: a liana overgrowing a dead tree in a coastal wood in Kenya (Shimba Hills National Forrest)


Adenium obesum (elephant foot) from the highlands of Cameroon (mountain savannah)



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