| Family | APOCYNACEAE |
| Genus species | Aspidoglossum ovalifolium (Schltr.) Kupicha trib. Stapeliae |
| Bibliography | Kew Bull. 38: 649 (1984) |
| Native Range | Mozambique to Southern Africa |
| Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 30-1700m |
| Description | stems shortly lanate, leaves 5-8 pairs, shortly petiolate, elliptic, margins narrowly revolute, shortly adpressed hirsute, umbels 3-4, sessile on nodes, corolla turbinate |
| Size | 6-30cm |
| Color | brown |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division of tubers in late summer |
| Synonyms | Schizoglossum contracurvum N.E.Br. Schizoglossum ovalifolium Schltr. Schizoglossum pumilum Schltr. Schizoglossum robustum Schltr. Schizoglossum robustum var. inandense N.E.Br. Schizoglossum robustum var. pubilforum N.E.Br. Schizoglossum striatum Schltr. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MOZ Mozambique) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |