''Apodostigma pallens'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

belonging to the family

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...

. 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'' – western and west-central tropical Africa, from Côte d'Ivoire to Angola *''Apodostigma pallens'' var. ''dummeri'' – central Africa, from Cameroon and Gabon to Uganda *''Apodostigma pallens'' var. ''pallens'' – tropical Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, and Madagascar

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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q8202710, from2=Q15122578 Celastraceae Monotypic Celastrales genera Flora of the Afrotropical realm Flora of Madagascar Plants described in 1868