WorldFloraDB - Cochlospermum tinctorium

Characteristics

A small shrub. It grows 80 cm high. It has a woody underground rootstock and this produces annual shoots. The leaves are alternate and have lobes arranged like fingers on a hand. The leaves are 2-12 cm long by 2-16 cm wide. The flowers can occur in groups at ground level. They are golden yellow.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	0.8
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Dry savannah, preferring devastated, rocky and annually burnt regions, at elevations of 300-1,500 metres.

More

A tropical plant. It can grow in arid places. It grows in the dry savannah.

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Usage

The entire immature fruit are eaten to quench thirst. They are used for sauce.

Uses	animal food dye environmental use fiber food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison
Edible	fruits leaves roots
Therapeutic use	Tonic (unspecified), Masticatory (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

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