Deverra denudata (Viv.) Pfisterer & Podlech

Species

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Characteristics

Twiggy, greyish green shrub, up to 2 m tall, woody at base. Leaves bi-or tripinnatisect, usually withered or absent at flowering. Flowers yellow. Fruit ovoid, mericarps isodiametric, densely covered in flat, white hairs, homomorphic, vittae present, rib oil ducts inconspicuous.
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Twiggy shrub to 2 m, leafless at flowering. Leaves bi-or tripinnatisect. Flowers in small compound umbels in diffuse panicles, yellow. Fruit ovoid, mericarps isodiametric, ribbed, densely pilose, vittae present, rib oil ducts inconspicuous.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in the Sahara and in arid regions.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-8
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Usage

The young shoots and the core of the roots are eaten raw.
Uses medicinal
Edible roots shoots
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Deverra denudata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943382-1
WFO ID wfo-0000642728
COL ID 355VS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pituranthos denudatus Pituranthos crassifolius Pituranthos chloranthus Deverra pituranthos Bunium pityranthon Deverra chlorantha Hymenophora denudata Pituranthos chloranthus subsp. robustus Deverra denudata

Lower taxons

Deverra denudata subsp. aphylla