Chascanum incisum (H.Pearson) Moldenke

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Verbenaceae > Chascanum

Characteristics

A small shrub. It has many branches. It grows 50 cm tall. It is woody at the base. The stems are stout and angular with white hairs. The leaves are opposite and overlap at the base. They are deeply lobed and dark green. They are hairy and the stalks are slender. The flowers are trumpet shaped and do not have stalks. They are 15-20 mm long and white or pale yellow. The fruit is oblong and hard. It separates into 2 single seeded sections. The seeds are narrow.
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Brownish puberulent subshrub, up to 250 mm tall. Leaf blades deeply incised. Spikes 25-75 mm long, few-flowered. Cocci not separating spontaneously when ripe. Flowers white, cream or yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.38
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in sandy areas.
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Usage

The leaves are boiled as a spinach.
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Edible leaves
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Distribution

Chascanum incisum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:861646-1
WFO ID wfo-0000840592
COL ID 99M85
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Synonyms

Bouchea incisa Chascanum incisum Plexipus incisus Plexipus incisus