Cyclopia bowieana Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Cyclopia

Characteristics

Erect, robust, resprouting or reseeding shrub to 1.8 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets linear-oblanceolate, terete, sometimes somewhat flattened, margins usually strongly revolute, softly hairy. Flowers yellow, bracts clasping base of calyx.
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A shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible flowers leaves stems
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Distribution

Cyclopia bowieana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:489277-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197634
COL ID 32VQH
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Synonyms

Cyclopia bowieana Cyclopia ashtonii