Empogona lanceolata (Sond.) Tosh & Robbr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Empogona

Characteristics

Evergreen shrub, scrambler or tree, up to 6 m high. Leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, up to 120 x 40 mm, base tapering, apex acute; shiny green, glabrous, midrib ridged on both surfaces; domatia absent; petioles glabrous. Stipules joined, awns 2-3 mm long. Flowers axillary, in 9-15-flowered, compound cymes, white. Corolla: cylindrical tube 3-4 mm long. Flowering time July-Dec. Fruit drupaceous, globose, 6-7 mm in diam., inconspicuously crowned with remains of calyx lobes.
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Small tree or shrub, 2-6 m high. Bracteoles of most flowers fused into a cup, if free then opposite. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx consisting of short tube and distinct broadly triangular to rounded lobes, overlapping irregularly. Corolla throat with dense tuft of hairs. Fruits first white, finally blackish. Flowers white.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 6.0
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Soil humidity 10-12
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Images

Empogona lanceolata unspecified picture

Distribution

Empogona lanceolata world distribution map, present in Mozambique, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77101464-1
WFO ID wfo-0000912408
COL ID 39LL9
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Synonyms

Kraussia lanceolata Psychotria saligna Tricalysia lanceolata Empogona lanceolata Hypobathrum lanceolatum