WorldFloraDB - Fockea capensis

Characteristics

Erect or climbing succulent to 50 cm, stems grey, 2-4 mm diam.; sap milky. Leaves opposite, ovate, grey-green, densely pubescent and crisped. Flowers yellow-green with tubular white corona, anther appendages swollen.

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A succulent. It can be erect or climbing. It grows 50 cm tall. It has a large tuber. The stems are grey and 2-4 mm across. The leaves are opposite and oval and hairy. The flowers are yellow green.

Like F. comaru but erect or twining herb from large tuber, up to 1.5 m diam., stems grey, 2-4 mm diam. Leaves ovate, 15-30 x 6-12 mm, grey-green, margins crisped, but not recurved.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.4 - 0.48

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.

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Usage

Uses	-
Edible	roots tubers
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97433-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000691442
COL ID	6JBZJ
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
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Synonyms

Fockea capensis Fockea crispa Fockea edulis var. capensis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Fockea capensis Endl.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Fockea