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

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Centella

Characteristics

Prostrate andromonoecious annual?, with flowering branches spreading horizontally from a central tuft of basal leaves. Leaves slightly dimorphic, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, the base attenuate, main veins abaxially raised and adaxially sunken, surface on both sides pilose to glabrescent, red-green, concolourous, margin entire; basal leaves with petiole (30-)38-45(-50) mm long, pilose along entire length, lamina (15-)20-25(-35) mm long, (7-)10-11(-15) mm wide, margin entire or occasionally with two to three acuminate teeth; in upper third; apex acuminate; upper leaves petiolate, petiole (3-)4-5(-15)mm long, pilose along entire length, lamina (7-)11(-15) mm long, (2-)3-4(-7) mm wide, margin entire; apex acuminate. Inflorescences of three types: with four to six bisexual umbellules and mostly four to five male umbellules; with four to six bisexual umbellules only; with four to six male umbellules only. Male umbellules 2-3 mm long, with a single flower each. Bisexual umbellules 2-6 mm long, with a single flower each; borne in axils of flowering shoots; cauline bracts (those below the inflorescence) resembling leaves of flowering shoots; bracts of male umbels paired, up to 1.5 mm long, not foliaceous, pilose; bracts of the bisexual umbellules paired, 1-2 mm long, 1 mm wide, lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers with cream coloured petals; petals glabrous. Fruit oblong, 2-2.5 mm long, 2.5 mm wide in commissural view, with bulging commissure; ribs not prominent, glabrous; stylopodium not prominent.
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Tufted, sprawling annual to 25 cm. Leaves petiolate, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, pilose, reddish brown. Flowers greenish, with bisexual, female and male umbels on same plant, only 1 (not 3-5) flower per male umbellule. Fruit oblong, not ribbed, smooth.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Centella pilosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1004655-1
WFO ID wfo-0000594160
COL ID S82S
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Synonyms

Centella pilosa