Holubia saccata Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Pedaliaceae > Holubia

Characteristics

Erect annual (sometimes biennial) herb with spreading branches, 30-75 cm tall. Leaves opposite, petiolate; lamina subsucculent, circular to ovate, slightly lobed or sinuate; up to 7 cm long and broad, petiole 2.5-7 cm long. Flowers solitary, yellow-green, yellow, cream or white, with unpleasant odour; corolla tube (spur excluded) 30-40 mm long, limb up to 50 mm in diam., spur up to 30 mm long and 20 mm wide. Fruit rotund to circular in lateral view, up to 60 mm long and 50 mm broad, often suffused with purple. Seeds dark brown, obovate in outline, c. 6 mm long and 4 mm broad; testa with reticulate sculpturing.
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Leaves opposite, petiolate; lamina subsucculent, circular to ovate, slightly lobed or sinuate; up to 7 cm. long and broad, petiole 2.5–7 cm. long; Flowers solitary, yellow-green, yellow, cream or white, with unpleasant odour; corolla tube (spur excluded) 30–40 mm. long, limb up to 50 mm. in diam., spur up to 30 mm. long and 20 mm. wide.
Annual or sometimes biennial herb, 0.30-0.75 m high. Leaves subsucculent, circular to ovate, slightly lobed or sinuate, petiolate. Flowers solitary. Corolla spurred. Fruit rotund to circular in lateral view, with 4 wings. Flowers yellow-green, yellow, cream or white.
Fruit rotund to circular in lateral view, up to 60 mm. long and 50 mm. broad, often suffused with purple.
Seeds dark brown, obovate in outline, c. 6 mm. long and 4 mm. broad; testa with reticulate sculpturing.
Erect annual (sometimes biennial) herb with spreading branches, 30–75 cm. tall.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.75
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Holubia saccata world distribution map, present in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675827-1
WFO ID wfo-0001091451
COL ID 3MBXT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Holubia saccata