Biophytum umbraculum Welw.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Oxalidaceae > Biophytum

Characteristics

Annuals 4-15 cm tall. Stem simple, slender, with dense recurved trichomes especially apically. Leaves 1-3.5 cm, with sparse recurved trichomes; rachis slender; leaflets 4-10 pairs; leaflet blades orbicular-ovate, 2.5-8 × 2.5-5 mm with basal one smallest, base almost symmetric to asymmetric. Umbels sessile, several flowered; bracts lanceolate, as long as pedicels. Pedicel ca. 3 mm. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, ca. 4 mm. Capsule ellipsoid-obovoid, ca. 3 × 2 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Nov.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
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Environment

Mountain valleys, forests, at elevations of 800-1,600 metres in southern China.
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food invertebrate food medicinal social use
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Therapeutic use Infertility (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Biophytum umbraculum world distribution map, present in Angola, Australia, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, India, Iceland, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Viet Nam, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:371969-1
WFO ID wfo-0000565553
COL ID 68KPR
BDTFX ID -
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Biophytum petersianum Oxalis petersianum Biophytum apodiscias Biophytum dusenii Biophytum umbraculum Oxalis apodiscias Oxalis petersii Oxalis metziana Oxalis petersiana Biophytum rotundifolium Biophytum sessile