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Monkey rope
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Secamone
Species:
S. alpini
Binomial name
Secamone alpini
Schult.

Secamone alpini (also known as monkey rope or melktou) is a species of forest creeper in the family Apocynaceae. Its natural habitat is the afro-montane forests of eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya to Cape Province. [1] [2]

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