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Aneilema dregeanum Kunth

Species

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Characteristics

Decumbent perennial. Roots thin, fibrous. Leaves spirally arranged, leaf-blades with long to fairly short petioles, narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic to ovate or ovate-elliptic, (20-)30-110(-150) x (6-)10-45 mm. Inflorescences terminal or terminal and axillary, moderately dense ovoid thyrses 20-55 x 10-35(-40) mm, with (8-)11-27, mostly alternate, ascending to patent cincinni. Flowers perfect and staminate, 9.5-4.5 mm wide; pedicels 3.5-8 mm long; sepals 2.3-4 mm long, sparsely puberulous; paired petals blue to blue-violet, (6-)7-9.5 x 5.5-6.5 mm, medial petal 3-4 mm long; lateral stamen filaments 6-11 mm long, finely bearded apically with minute white hairs; style 7-11 mm long, violet apically. Capsules shortly stipitate, bilocular, usually oblong-elliptic, (3.5-)5-7.5 x (2.8-)3.5-4.2 mm, locules 2-seeded. Seeds ovate to trapezoidal, 1.95-3 mm long, testa foveolate-scrobiculate.
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Perennial herb, 0.40-0.45 m high; stem straggling, procumbent or ascending, all vegetative parts covered with minute hooked hairs. Leaves spirally arranged, lanceolate, 20-150 x 10-45 mm, sheathing at base for 20 mm. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, ovoid, moderately dense thyrses. Flowers: petals paired, blue to violet-blue, longer than medial petal. Stamens with finely bearded filaments. Ovary: style 7-11 mm long, apically violet. Flowering time Dec.-Feb. Fruit a shortly stipitate capsule, bilocular, oblong-elliptic; locules 2-seeded. Seeds ovate; testa foveolate-scrobiculate.
A herb. It has stems 30-45 cm long. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and can have a few hairs. The flower panicles are small and dense. The flower petals are pink or blue. There is a subspecies in Mozambique.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.45
Root system fibrous-root
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in woodland and open forest.
Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-2
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Aneilema dregeanum world distribution map, present in Mozambique, eSwatini, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171566-1
WFO ID wfo-0000339799
COL ID DW77
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lamprodithyros dregeanus Aneilema dregeanum

Lower taxons

Aneilema dregeanum subsp. dregeanum Aneilema dregeanum subsp. mossambicense
WorldFloraDB 2024