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Hermannia geniculata Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hermannia

Characteristics

Decumbent, sprawling shrub, branches 0.15-0.60 m long; densely tomentose with greyish, sessile, bulbous-based and stipitate stellate hairs. Leaves petiolate (± 20 mm), dark green, coriaceous, ovate, ± 70 mm long, margins crenate. Stipules parted at base into 2 or 3 leaf-like segments. Inflorescences axillary, 2-flowered; peduncles ± 25 mm long; pedicels filiform, indumentum less dense. Flowers 16 mm long, white, drying orange-brown. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed in upper half; densely tomentose. Petals 1.5x longer than calyx. Flowering time all year.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.15 m high. Stems erect. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate to ovate-oblong, margins finely crenate, softly greyish tomentose beneath, veins obvious, rugose and glabrescent above. Flowers: in 2-flowered cymes; calyx campanulate, deeply lobed; petals longer than calyx, white or yellow; Jan.-Apr.
Suffrutex. Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, softly greyish tomentose beneath, veins obvious, rugose and glabres-cent above, petioles long, up to 30 mm long. Inflorescence a 2-flowered cyme. Petals longer than calyx. Flowers yellow or white.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Diarrhea (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Burn (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Glue (unspecified), Heartburn (unspecified), Pregnancy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Hermannia geniculata world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:823738-1
WFO ID wfo-0001140935
COL ID 3KZGB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hermannia geniculata Hermannia betonicifolia Hermannia chrysantha Mahernia betonicifolia Mahernia chrysantha
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