Centella macrodus (Spreng.) B.L.Burtt

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Centella

Characteristics

Diffuse or sprawling in low patches. Thinly covered all over with long spreading hairs. Underground part of the stem woody, the aerial very slender, much branched. Leaves with ivy-like blades 0.8-1.5 cm long and about the same in width, more or less cordate, the edges with 3-9 large triangular teeth: petioles very slender, up to 5 cm long: sheaths with a broad scarious edge. Umbels 3-rayed, the rays much shorter than the leaves. Petals hairy. Fruit obcordate, not much flattened, 3-4 mm long, 3.5-4.5 mm wide, wrinkled, distinctly wider but much shorter than the acute hairy bracts. Fruit ray about 1.5 cm long.
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Like C. flexuosa but leaves somewhat smaller, less hairy, with fewer teeth (5-7) and fruit as wide as or narrower than bracts.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 6-9
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Distribution

Centella macrodus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:946461-1
WFO ID wfo-0000594156
COL ID S82P
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Centella hederifolia Centella macrodus Hydrocotyle macrodus Hydrocotyle hederifolia