Agathosma mundtii Cham.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Agathosma

Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous or pubescent with retrorse hairs. Leaves 0.4-1 cm long, alternate, erect-spreading or spreading, elliptic, lanceolate-, oblanceolate-or elliptic-oblong, acute, subacute or obtuse, rounded or cuneate at the base, convex and glabrous or puberulous above, revolute and with conspicuous glands at the margin, glabrous or puberulous beneath, with a prominent nerve and few or no glands. Flowers in terminal or axillary clusters. Peduncles 2.5-5 mm long, puberulous or glabrous, ebracteolate. Sepals 0.5-1.5 mm long, ovate, deltoid-or oblong-ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous or partly puberulous above, ciliolate or edged with stalked glands, obtusely keeled and puberulous or glabrous beneath. Petals 3-4.5 mm long, elliptic, oblong-elliptic, oblong-obovate or oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, cuneate or oblong at the base, puberulous above on the lower half or glabrous. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 0.75-1.75 mm long, narrowly linear, subulate, oblanceolate-, elliptic-or linear-oblong, tipped with a conical or subulate gland, furrowed above, ± ciliate, sometimes pilose above and beneath. Ovary glabrous, or setose on the upper half, with 2 carpels bearing rotund processes. Style glabrous.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 1 m high. Leaves 4-10 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, or spreading, elliptic, lanceolate-, oblanceolate-or elliptic-oblong, acute, subacute or obtuse, rounded or cuneate at base, convex and glabrous or puberulous above, revolute and with conspicuous glands at margins, glabrous or puberulous beneath, with a prominent nerve and few or no glands. Flowers in terminal (or axillary) clusters, white; bracteoles absent. Sepals 0.5-1.5 mm long, ciliolate or edged with stalked glands, slightly keeled and puberulous or glabrous beneath. Petals 3.0-4.5 mm long. Staminodes 0.75-1.75 mm long, narrowly linear, subulate, oblanceolate-, elliptic-or linear-oblong, tipped with a conical or subulate gland, furrowed above, ± ciliate, sometimes pilose above and beneath. Ovary 2-carpellate, with rotund processes; style glabrous. Flowering time June-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Agathosma mundtii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771013-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523532
COL ID 662WW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Agathosma mundtii Agathosma sonderiana Agathosma tugwelliae Hartogia mundii Agathosma nivenii Agathosma pillansiaha Agathosma taskerae Barosma nivenii Hartogia nivenii