Cyclopia longifolia Vogel

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Cyclopia

Characteristics

Erect, reseeding, single-stemmed shrub, up to 3.5 m high. Leaves alternate, palmately trifoliolate. Leaflets linear-oblanceolate, flat, sparsely pubescent on upper surface when young, glabrescent, margins slightly recurved. Flowers bright yellow. Calyx: lobes triangular, acute. Petals: keel petal strongly beaked. Flowering time Oct., Nov.
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A shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are narrowly sword shaped and curved at the edges. The flowers are bright yellow.
Erect, reseeding shrub to 3 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets linear-oblanceolate, margins sometimes slightly recurved. Flowers bright yellow.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 3.25
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In South Africa it grows between 300-360 m above sea level.
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Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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 longifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:489304-1
WFO ID wfo-0000632124
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Synonyms

Cyclopia longifolia