Gnidia tomentosa L.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

An erect shrub; branches terete, dark purple, pubescent when young, leaf-scars prominent; leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 5 lin. long, 2 lin. wide, subobtuse, pilose when young, afterwards flat and glabrous above, verrucose and 3-5-nerved beneath; flowers in terminal heads; calyx densely silky outside; tube 8-10 lin. Iong, slightly widened upwards; lobes ovate, subobtuse, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. wide; petals 4, anther-like, slightly bilobed, 1 lin. long, glabrous; anthers oblong, 0.5 lin. long; ovary ovoid, hairy at the top; style 7 lin. long; stigma small.
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Shrub to 1 m. Leaves alternate, ovate to lanceolate, warty beneath; involucral leaves similar. Flowers ± 6 at branch tips, white, hypanthium densely silky hairy, petaloid floral scales 4, fleshy, yellow, hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Vermifuge (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Gnidia tomentosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831926-1
WFO ID wfo-0000705012
COL ID 3GMN5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Calysericos typica Gnidia tomentosa Craspedostoma pubescens Gnidia punctata Gnidia pubescens Gnidia glandulosa