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Englerodaphne subcordata (Meisn.) Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Englerodaphne

Characteristics

Perennial shrub or small tree, 1.80-3.05 m high; much-branched; branches slender, glabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate or suborbicular, base rounded or truncate, sometimes subcordate, apex acute, rounded or truncate; green above, glaucous-green beneath. Inflorescence terminal, in 2-8-flowered, ebracteate fascicles. Flowers 4-merous, shortly pedicelled. Hypanthium: tube constricted below middle, glabrous or with few silky hairs; sepals oblong, spreading during flowering. Petaloid floral glands 8, somewhat fleshy lobes, linear-spathulate. Stamens subsessile. Ovary shortly stalked, densely hirsute.
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A much branched shrub or small tree. It is sometimes climbing. It can be 4 m high. The bark is grey and smooth. The leaves are small and opposite. They are 1.3-4 cm long by 0.8-1.8 cm wide. They are oval. The flowers are white and like tubes. They have a smell. They occur in small clusters at the ends of short side branches.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.25 - 3.28
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on the edges of forests.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

CAUTION: The fruit are supposedly poisonous. They are reported as being sometimes eaten.
Uses animal food fiber food material poison vertebrate poison wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Englerodaphne subcordata world distribution map, present in South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831632-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668005
COL ID 39TFG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gnidia leiosiphon Englerodaphne leiosiphon Englerodaphne subcordata Gnidia subcordata
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