Gnidia tenella Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

Stem herbaceous? erect, simple, slender; leaves opposite, subimbricate, subadpressed, oval-oblong, obtuse, subconcave, densely covered with silky hairs, 2-4 lin. long and 1 lin. wide, increasing upwards to 4-5 lin. by 3 lin.; heads 2-4-flowered; calyx 5 lin. long, hairy outside; lobes oval, obtuse, scarcely 1 lin. long; petals 4, membranous, entire, rather more than half as long as the calyx-lobes.
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Lax, silvery shrub to 2 m. Leaves opposite, oblong-oval, densely silky hairy. Flowers 2-4 at branch tips, cream-coloured, hypanthium densely silky hairy, petaloid floral scales 4, membranous to slightly fleshy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Vermifuge (unspecified)
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Distribution

Gnidia tenella world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831918-1
WFO ID wfo-0000705006
COL ID 3GMMX
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Synonyms

Gnidia albicans Gnidia tenella Gnidiopsis albicans Gnidia albicans var. elatior Gnidia albicans var. grandiflora Gnidia tenella var. elatior Gnidia tomentosa