Agathosma leptospermoides Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Agathosma

Characteristics

Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 7 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, ovate, acute or obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, concave and scabridous above, navicular at the apex, spreading at the margin, gibbous behind the apex, conspicuously nerve-keeled and scabridous beneath, villous on the margin and on the keel. Flowers in terminal clusters situated laterally or at the forking of the stems. Peduncles tomentose, subtended by oblong ciliate bracteoles. Sepals 1.75 mm long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, navicular, membranous at the margin, ciliate, ± puberulous above and beneath, rounded and with many impressed glands beneath. Petals 4.5 mm long; blade elliptic or obovate, obtuse, villous above on the nerve; claw as long or slightly longer, narrowly linear, villous-ciliate. Stamens with villous filaments. Staminodes 4-4.75 mm long, narrowly linear, acuminate, tipped with a small gland, villous on the middle part. Disk conspicuous, toothed at the margin. Ovary villous on the apex, with 3 carpels bearing rotund pilose processes.
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Dense, sturdy, single-stemmed shrublet to 60 cm, only slightly aromatic. Flowers in dense, axillary clusters well below branch tips, white. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Fever (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Agathosma leptospermoides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770990-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523504
COL ID 6637P
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Agathosma apiculata Agathosma leptospermoides Hartogia leptospermoides