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Gloriosa modesta (Hook.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Colchicaceae > Gloriosa

Characteristics

A scandent plant with a small tuber. Stems simple, glabrous. Leaves about 13 cm long, 0.8 to 1.2 cm. broad, lanceolate, long attenuated into a tendril, glabrous. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves. Pedicels up to 1 x 5 cm long, terete, glabrous. Perianth campanulate, 2-2 cm long, glabrous; tube very short; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, acute, with a prominent mid-rib. Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth-tube; filaments 3 mm long, flattened, linear; anthers 5 mm long, oblong. Ovary 6 mm long, ellipsoid, glabrous; style 3 mm long, terete; lobes 1-5 mm long, linear.
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Climbing geophyte, 0.3-2.0 m high. Corms tunicated. Stems usually simple, scandent or erect. Leaves verticillate below, alternate above, linear to ovate, apex attenuated into a recurved tendril. Flowers cymose, on upper part of stem; pedicels long, arising beside a leaf or unattended; tepals equal, persistent, slightly saccate at base, yellow. Stamens short, filiform; anthers 2-thecous, erect, basifixed. Ovary ovoid, trigonous; ovules many. Flowering time Dec.-Feb. Fruit an ovoid capsule, 3-valved, loculicidal, leathery. Seed globose, fleshy, red, on long funicles.
Climbing geophyte, up to 2 m high. Leaves cauline, verticillate below, alternate above; blade linear to ovate, ± 130 mm long, apex a recurved tendril or with an arista. Flowers: solitary; perianth with segments free, connate at base, apices pointed, recurved, golden-yellow; Nov.-Mar.
Climbing geophyte. Leaves cauline, verticillate below, alternate above, linear to ovate, attenuate into a recurved tendril or aristate at apex. Flowers solitary. Perianth segments free, recurved. Flowers golden yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Minimum temperature (C°) 1
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Images

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Distribution

Gloriosa modesta world distribution map, present in Mozambique, eSwatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77077144-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808736
COL ID 3GD8P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Littonia modesta Gloriosa modesta Littonia keiti
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