Asparagus sekukuniensis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Asparagus

Characteristics

Scandent, up to 2 m high. Rhizome and roots not seen. Stems somewhat zigzagging, branching freely, glabrous, ribbed. Spines (viz. older ones below), recurved, broad, short. Branches and branchlets laxly zigzagging, bearing erect cladodes subtended by a small spine. Cladodes in fascicles of 3 or 4, glabrous, more or less erect, filiform, ±25-30 mm long. Racemes (modified branches) 50-80 mm long, dense, with numerous upcurved side branchlets bearing flower clusters, subtended by membranous bracts ending in a small spine below. Perianth with tepals ±3 mm long, apex obtuse and shallowly erose. Stamens with linear yellow anthers ±1 mm long. Ovary with ovules 10 cm each cell; globose; attenuated into a short style and obtuse, 3-lobed stigma. Berry ±10 mm in diameter, red.
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Scandent shrub, up to 2 m high. Cladodes glabrous, filiform, 25-30 mm long. Racemes 50-80 mm long, dense, numerous up-curved side branchlets bearing flower clusters.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
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Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Asparagus sekukuniensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Asparagus sekukuniensis threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:988339-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634708
COL ID HBL7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Protasparagus sekukuniensis Asparagus sekukuniensis