Centella dolichocarpa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

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Characteristics

Prostrate andromonoecious perennial, up to 2.5 m wide, with flowering branches spreading horizontally from a central tuft of basal leaves. Leaves dimorphic, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, the base attenuate, main veins abaxially raised and adaxially sunken, surface on both sides pubescent to glabrescent, grey-green to red-green, concolorous, margin dentate in upper third and entire lower down; basal leaves with petiole 30-155 mm long, pubescent to glabrous along entire length, lamina (30-)35(-60) mm long, (3-)15(-30) mm wide; margin occasionally entire or with two to five acuminate teeth in upper third; apex acuminate; upper leaves (on flowering shoots) sessile or sometimes petiolate, petiole 2-60 mm long, pubescent to glabrous along entire length, lamina 5-35 mm long, 5-22 mm wide; margin entire or occasionally with two to three acuminate teeth in upper third; apex acuminate. Inflorescence with a single bisexual umbellule and three male umbellules. Male umbellules 10-25 mm long, with five male flowers each. Bisexual umbellules 15-40 mm long, with a single flower each; borne in axils of flowering shoots; bracts of male umbellules paired, up to 1.5 mm long, not foliaceous, glabrous; bracts of the bisexual umbellule paired, 1-2 mm long, 1 mm wide, narrowly lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers with cream coloured petals; petals pubescent to glabrous. Fruit narrowly oblong, 4-5 mm long, 2 mm wide in commissural view, with bulging commissure, ribs prominent, the surface between the ribs wrinkled, pubescent or glabrous; stylopodium not prominent.
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Prostrate, sprawling perennial to 2 m wide. Leaves as in C. difformis. Fruit narrowly oblong, always much longer than bracts, slightly ribbed, smooth, borne on long, slender, often spirally curved stalks.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Centella dolichocarpa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1004654-1
WFO ID wfo-0000594121
COL ID S7ZW
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Synonyms

Centella dolichocarpa