Centella fourcadei Adamson

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Centella

Characteristics

A sprawling herb, woolly on the youngest parts but generally glabrescent. Lower leaves with rhombic blades 3.5-4 cm long, 2.2-2.8 cm wide, cuneate at the base, entire on the lower half but sharply toothed on the upper, 3-veined with the veins distinct below: petioles 4-6.5 cm long: sheaths with obtuse auricles. Upper leaves smaller and narrower, either 3-toothed at the tip or the uppermost entire: petioles much shorter. Umbels 3-6-rayed, most commonly 4. Rays slender, more or less hairy, those with male flowers 7-9 mm long. Petals glabrous. Fruit circular, pale-coloured, about 3 mm diam., the mericarps with 3 small ridges on each face and slightly wrinkled furrows. Bracts acuminate, ciliate, as long as or slightly shorter than the fruit. Fruit ray erect, 3-4 mm long.
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Sprawling perennial, up to 0.6 m high, sparsely or densely hairy on young parts. Leaves rhombic, dentate with 3-7 large teeth above. Flowers greenish. Flowering time Nov.-Jan. Fruit oblong to round, bract length variable.
Sprawling perennial to 60 cm, sparsely or densely hairy on young parts. Leaves rhombic, dentate with 3-7 large teeth above. Flowers greenish. Fruit oblong to round, bract length variable.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Distribution

Centella fourcadei world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:840046-1
WFO ID wfo-0000594129
COL ID S826
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Synonyms

Centella fourcadei