Afrohybanthus densifolius (Engl.) Flicker

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Violaceae > Afrohybanthus

Characteristics

Small, compact scabridulous annuals up to 15 cm tall, the side branches mostly abbreviated. Stems with short ridged internodes. Leaves crowded, alternate, narrowly linear, 3-8 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, apex acuminate, base attenuate into a thin petiole, margins inrolled with glands evenly spaced at intervals, forming shallow teeth. Flowers numerous, massed along the main stem in the leaf axils of the stem and abbreviated branches, on short pedicels, declinate, small. Sepals linear-lanceolate, 3 mm, ciliate. Petals whitish, pink or purplish; anterior petal forming a basal pouch, clawed and with a spathulate lamina c. 7 mm long. Stamens with the 2 anterior tomentose, bearing a recurved spur. Ovary globose, scabridulous, style short, stigma obtriangular, pointing downwards. Capsule globose, c. 7 mm in diam., scabridulous; seeds stoutly fusiform, apex discoid, striate, yellowish.
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Small, scabridulous annual herb, up to 150 mm tall. Shortly pedicellate flowers congested on short stems. Anterior petal 7 mm long, with basal pouch protruding from between anterior sepals. Capsule scabridulous. Flowers whitish, pink or purplish.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

Uses social use
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Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Afrohybanthus densifolius world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77150391-1
WFO ID wfo-0001343818
COL ID 8S2YX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hybanthus densifolius Afrohybanthus densifolius