Cleome strigosa (Bojer) Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Cleomaceae > Cleome

Characteristics

Annual herb, erect and rather rigid, up to 1 m. tall.. Stem densely covered with long bristly eglandular spreading hairs.. Leaves petiolate, 3–5-foliolate; leaflets obovate, up to 5 cm. long, 2.4 cm. wide, rounded at the apex, strigose; petiole 2.5–6 cm. long.. Inflorescence rather stout and dense, up to 35 cm. long.. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, 5–6 mm. long, usually entirely green, rather strigose and glandular.. Petals rose, the upper pair yellow at the base.. Stamens 10–14.. Gynophore 5–10 mm. long.. Capsules 2–3.5 cm. long, the valves strigulose.. Seeds 1.2–1.5 mm. in diameter, dark brown with low transverse ridges.. Fig. 1/1–5, p. 8, & 2/16, p. 10.
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A herb. It grows each year from seeds. It has longs tiff hairs. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets. The leaflets are 5 cm long by 2.4 cm wide. The flower petals are mauve. The fruit capsules are 20-35 mm long by 2 mm. They are spreading or drooping.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands. It grows up to 275 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Ache(Ear) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147333-1
WFO ID wfo-0000611623
COL ID 5YYY4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 789411
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Synonyms

Polanisia strigosa Cleome strigosa Decastemon zanzibaricus Cleome marseillei