Chamarea capensis Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Chamarea

Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Roots 1 or 2, evenly fleshy. Leaves dry at flowering, the first-formed and later ones all much-dissected (pinnately compound); leaf bases persist as fibres; leaf segments narrowly lobed, ultimate segments acute, lobes 5-or more-toothed. Scapes slender and leafless. Sepals obtuse, with a rounded apex, > 0.3 mm long. Petals yellow. Flowering time Jan.-Apr. (mainly Mar.). Fruit orbicular, (2.0-)2.5-3.0(-4.5) mm long; mericarps homomorphic.
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Perennial, up to 0.5 m tall; roots 1 or 2, fleshy, pencil-like. Leaves absent at flowering, uniform, all much-dissected, ultimate segments glossy green, acute. Umbels on relatively long, slender, often branched peduncles, raylets relatively stout, < 5 mm long. Flowers yellow, sepals obtuse. Fruit 2.5-3 mm long, ovoid, mericarps isodiametric, ribbed, homomorphic, vittae present, rib oil ducts inconspicuous.
Perennial to 50 cm; roots 1 or 2, fleshy. Leaves absent at flowering, first-formed and later ones much dissected, ultimate segments acute. Flowers yellow, in compound, flat-topped umbels, peduncle long, flimsy. Fruit 2.5-3.0 mm long, ovoid, mericarps isodiametric, ribbed, homomorphic, vittae present, rib oil ducts inconspicuous.
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50 cm tall. The leaves near the base have 3 narrow leaflets. The leaves on the stems sheath the stem. The leaves are feathery. The roots are fleshy and like a pencil. The leaves and flowers do not occur at the same time.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil texture 6-7
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Usage

The roots are eaten fresh and also used as a vegetable. It is used for seasoning.
Uses medicinal seasoning
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Chamarea capensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:840330-1
WFO ID wfo-0000599734
COL ID TLJQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Chamarea capensis Anethum capense Carum capense Foeniculum capense Carum capensis Anethum foeniculum Chamarea caffra