Ischnolepis natalensis

Ischnolepis natalensis is a climbing geophyte vine, commonly known as propeller vine, in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa.^[1][2]

Ischnolepis natalensis
Flower and leaves
Seeds
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Periplocoideae
Genus:	Ischnolepis
Species:	I. natalensis
Binomial name
Ischnolepis natalensis (Schltr.) Venter (2001)
Synonyms[1]
Pentopetia natalensis Schltr. (1894) Petopentia natalensis (Schltr.) Bullock (1954) Tacazzea natalensis (Schltr.) N.E.Br. (1907)

It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Petopetia, which was first described as a genus in 1954.^[3]