| Apodostigma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Apodostigma R.Wilczek (1956) |
| Species: | A. pallens |
| Binomial name | |
| Apodostigma pallens (Planch. ex Oliv.) R.Wilczek (1956) | |
| Varieties | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Hippocratea pallens Planch. ex Oliv. (1868) | |
Apodostigma pallens is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Celastraceae. It is a liana native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. It grows from 5 to 15 meters tall, with green to yellow-cream flowers. It is the sole species in genus Apodostigma.
Three varieties are recognized:
- Apodostigma pallens var. buchholzii (Loes.) N.Hallé – western and west-central tropical Africa, from Côte d'Ivoire to Angola
- Apodostigma pallens var. dummeri N.Hallé – central Africa, from Cameroon and Gabon to Uganda
- Apodostigma pallens var. pallens – tropical Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, and Madagascar