Agathosma pulchella Link

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 3-6 mm long, opposite, ternate, quaternate, alternate or scattered, erect-spreading or spreading, ovate or lanceolate-ovate, obtuse or subacute, rounded or subcordate at the base, slightly concave above, crenate and slightly thickened at the margin, glabrous, with 8-16 glands beneath confined to the margin. Flowers 1 or 2 together in the axils of the upper leaves. Peduncles 4.5 mm long, glabrous, subtended by 2 rotund ciliate bracteoles. Sepals 1 mm long, widely oblong, very obtuse, ciliolate, convex and with several large glands beneath. Petals 3 mm long, ovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, widely cuneate at the base, concave above, glabrous. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 1.5 mm long, linear-subulate, dorsally compressed, gland-tipped, sparsely ciliolate on the lower half. Disk obscurely crenulate, fleshy. Ovary subsessile, glabrous, studded with glands, with 3 or sometimes 4 carpels bearing oblong obtuse warted processes. Style glabrous, slightly recurved in the upper half.
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Shrub to 1 m, strongly lemon-scented. Flowers axillary, magenta-pink. Fruits (2)3(4)-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.0
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Distribution

Agathosma pulchella world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771058-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523585
COL ID 5TQWY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Agathosma pulchella Bucco pulchella Diosma pulchella Hartogia pulchella Barosma pulchella