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Herbaceous twining glabrous vine to 20 m long, less when climbing on low vegetation, usually dying back annually; tuber 1, present alongside withered tuber of previous season, to 5 cm Ø, at least 60 cm long, cylindric, descending vertically; stems right-twining, prickles concentrated on larger, cataphyll-bearing stems, most dense near stem base; leaves opposite, rarely alternate; blade with apex acuminate to long-acuminate (usually longitudinally folded along midrib in herbarium specimens), base truncate to cordate; male inflorescences of 2-8 spikes, simple; female single; capsule pendent to patent, 1,5-2,4x2,8-4,3 cm, glaucous, seeds with wing all around margin.

Ecology :	In a broad range of forest and grassland habitats; woodland riverbanks; palm woods; cultivated areas; fallows; termite hills; forest margins; sandy-clayey soils; forest gallery; 200-1800 m alt.
	D. praehensilis figuring in Fl. Eth. & Eritrea 6: 61-62, 1997, and in Sebsebe Demissew & al., Flow. Eth. & Eritrea…: 205-206, 2003, are not identified. The plant is not mentioned by Sebsebe & Nordal in Aloes & other lilies, ed. 2, 2010.

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see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative

see under chg

see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale

see under Fgui

see under The International Plant Name Index

see under Flora of Mozambique

see under African Plants - a Photo Guide

see under Flora of Zimbabwe

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