Centella didymocarpa Adamson

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Centella

Characteristics

Almost glabrous. In low tufts. Leaves crowded, petiolate: blades lanceolate, 1-veined, 1.5-2 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, entire or a few with 1-3 teeth near the tip, gradually narrowed at the base: petiole as long as the blade in the lower leaves, shorter in the upper. Umbels 3-rayed, among the leaves. Petals glabrous. Fruit on a short straight ray, broader than long, 4-4.5 mm wide, 3 mm long, the mercicarps almost spherical with a depressed commissure, the ridges small, the furrows reticulate. Bracts about half as long as the fruit.
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Tufted perennial to 15 cm. Leaves petiolate, crowded, lanceolate, sparsely hairy to glabrous, brownish green, entire. Flowers greenish. Fruit distinctly broader than long, longer than bracts, commissure strongly constricted.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Centella didymocarpa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:840037-1
WFO ID wfo-0000594119
COL ID 69GFJ
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Synonyms

Centella didymocarpa