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Cyclopia intermedia E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Cyclopia

Characteristics

Robust, erect, multi-stemmed shrub, up to 2 m high. Leaves alternate, palmately trifoliolate. Leaflets oblanceolate, flat, glabrous except for a few hairs on upper surface when young, margins slightly recurved. Flowers yellow. Calyx: lobes triangular, acute. Petals: keel strongly beaked. Flowering time Sept.-Nov.
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An evergreen shrub. It grows about 1 m high. The twigs are golden brown. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaves are narrowly oval. The flowers are in the axils of leaves. They are golden yellow and in clusters along the stem. They have a honey scent. The fruit are pods. They are flat and brown with many seeds.
Erect, robust, resprouting shrub to 2 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets oblanceolate, margins slightly recurved. Flowers yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Not known
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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

The leaves, flowers and twigs are are cut into small pieces then fermented and dried before being used as a tea.
Uses food medicinal tea
Edible flowers leaves stems
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Cyclopia intermedia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:489297-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197746
COL ID 32VQS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cyclopia intermedia Cyclopia aurea Cyclopia vogelii var. intermedia
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