Heterosamara galpinii (Hook.F.) Paiva

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Heterosamara

Characteristics

Subarbusto decumbente, 0.9-1.5 m; ramas flexuosas e hispidulas cuando jovenes. Hojas alternas, pecioladas; peciolo 8-15 mm, hispidulo; limbo (2)2.5-8 x 1.5-3.8 cm, ovado, acuminado, cuneado, hispidulo sobre los nervios por ambas caras, ciliado en el margen. Flores rosadas o rosado violaceas, pediceladas, dispuestas en racimos pseudoaxilares hasta 15 cm; pedicelos 5-7 mm, glabros; pedunculo menor que la inflorescencia, hispidulo; eje tambien hispidulo; bracteas y bracteolas tempranamente caducas; bracteas ovado lanceoladas, 5 mm, ciliadas; bracteolas lineares, 1 mm. Sepalo posterior caduco, 5 x 2 mm, ovado ciliado; alas caducas, 10-12 x 5-6 mm, obovadas, ciliadas; sepalos anteriores libres, caducos, 2.5-3 x 1.8-2 mm, ovados, ciliados. Petalos superiores 8-10 x 3 mm, oblongo elipticos; quilla 10-12 x 3-4 mm; cresta 5-6 mm, formada por dos lobulos ovados. Capsula 6 x 5.5 mm, subgloboso comprimida, glabra, alada (alas 0.5 mm de anchas). Semillas 4.5 x 2.5 mm, elipsoides, escasamente pubescentes; caruncula subglobosa; apendices carunculares 1-1.25 mm.
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Herb, shrub or small tree, up to 2.5 m high. Leaf blades with inconspicuous veins, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, long-acuminate, sparsely pubescent to pilose above. Racemes axillary or terminating the branchlets, many-flowered. Flowers about 14 mm long, white, pale pink or light purple.
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Mature height (meter) 2.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Heterosamara galpinii world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1002211-1
WFO ID wfo-0000721583
COL ID 3LDG7
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Synonyms

Heterosamara galpinii Polygala galpinii