Biophytum macrorrhizum R.E.Fr.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Oxalidaceae > Biophytum

Characteristics

Leaves up to 4 cm. long; leaflets 5–10-jugate, almost sessile, 1·5–4·5 × 1–2·8 mm., obliquely elliptic, apex obtuse or rounded, base truncate, sparsely ciliate otherwise glabrous, with 3–5 pairs of rather prominent lateral nerves; rhachis pubescent to pilose.
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Flowers orange, with pilose pedicels c. 7 mm. long, in sessile pseudumbels and thus appearing solitary among the leaves of the dense rosette.
Acaulescent perennial herb up to 8 cm. in height with a branched thickened woody rootstock.
[Remaining organs not investigated owing to paucity of material available.]
Sepals 5 × 1 mm. 5-nerved, pubescent.
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Distribution

Biophytum macrorrhizum world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:663033-1
WFO ID wfo-0000565494
COL ID LV95
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Synonyms

Biophytum incrassatum Biophytum macrorrhizum