Berula thunbergii H.Wolff

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Berula

Characteristics

Annual or perennial herb, 0.2-1.8 m high, hydrophyte, glabrous. Roots fascicled. Leaves mostly basal, pinnate, pinnae sessile, elliptic to ovate, finely toothed, lowest pinnae smaller than others. Teeth directed outward or toward leaflet apex, not overlapping. Flowers in compound umbels, white; involucral bracts incised. Flowering time Jan.-Mar. Fruit subglobose, slightly ridged and rough.
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Perennial herb. Flowering stems up to 2.5 m high; erect, glabrous. Leaves radical and cauline, compound; blade pinnate; leaflet margins coarsely, irregularly toothed, teeth spreading. Flowers: involucre with many bracts; white; Oct.-Apr. Fruit ovate or oblong, laterally flattened, indistinctly ribbed.
Erect or spreading, stoloniferous perennial, up to 1 m tall. Leaves pinnate, leathery, leaflets sessile, paired, elliptic to ovate, finely toothed. Flowers white, in leaf-opposed umbels. Fruit subglobose, mericarps isodiametric, ± ribbed, homomorphic, vittae present, rib oil ducts inconspicuous.
Stoloniferous perennial to 1 m. Leaves simple pinnate, leaflets sessile, paired, elliptic to ovate, finely toothed. Flowers in compound umbels, white. Fruit subglobose, mericarps isodiametric, slightly ribbed, vittae present, rib oil ducts inconspicuous.
Perennial herb, up to 2.5 m high, glabrous. Leaflet margins coarsely and rather irregularly toothed. Bracts present. Fruit not strongly dorsiventrally compressed. Flowers white.
Distinguished from B. repanda by the generally unevenly serrate leaf margins with straight, triangular teeth and the large vittae that form a continuous ring around the seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 2.15
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Soil humidity 3-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Toothache (unspecified)
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Distribution

Berula thunbergii world distribution map, present in Eritrea, Namibia, Sudan, Yemen, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:838684-1
WFO ID wfo-0000564552
COL ID LN22
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Synonyms

Berula thunbergii Sium gallabatense Sium thunbergii Berula erecta subsp. thunbergii