Hypericum roeperianum G.W.Schimp. ex A.Rich.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Hypericaceae > Hypericum

Characteristics

Shrub or small tree, 0.6–5 m. high.. Stems ± terete even when young.. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, ranging from 25 x 6 mm. and 30 x 7 mm. to 75 x 23 mm. and 86 x 22 (115 x 37 mm.), acute or subacute, narrowed to a clasping base, furnished with several pairs of secondary veins and a reticulation of tertiary veins obvious on both surfaces, with a translucent glandular dot within each reticulation, and black submarginal glands.. Flowers in few-to many-flowered terminal corymbose cymes.. Sepals unequal, ovate to lanceolate, acute to subacute, with black submarginal dots.. Petals (1.2) 2.0–2.5 cm. long, bright yellow with very few or no black marginal dots.. Stamens in 5 bundles of about 45 each.. Styles 5, usually united up to the apex.. Capsule 5-valved.. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, ranging from 25 × 6 mm. and 30 × 7 mm. to 75 × 23 mm. and 86 × 22 (115 × 37 mm.), acute or subacute, narrowed to a clasping base, furnished with several pairs of secondary veins and a reticulation of tertiary veins obvious on both surfaces, with a translucent glandular dot within each reticulation, and black submarginal glands.
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Leaves sessile; lamina (25) 30–80 (115) × (6) 10–25 (30) mm., lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, acute or subacute at the apex, narrowed to a clasping base, with several pairs of secondary veins and a reticulation of tertiary veins visible on both surfaces, with translucent glandular dots (or dashes in the uppermost leaves) between the veins, and dark marginal dots.
Petals (1·2) 2–2·5 (3·5) cm. long, about 5 times as long as the sepals, bright yellow, usually with a varying number of dark marginal dots (often few).
Sepals ovate (more rarely ± lanceolate), acute or obtuse, with marginal (sessile or fringing) dark glands and submarginal dots or streaks.
Young stems terete, older ones becoming woody, sometimes ± flattened near the inflorescence.
Ovary 5-locular; styles 5, united ± to the apex, 9–11 mm. long.
Androecium of 5 stamen fascicles each with c. 45 stamens.
Flowers in few-to many-flowered terminal corymbose cymes.
Shrub or small tree 0·6–5 m. high.
Fruit capsular, 5-valved.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.05 - 5.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Images

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Distribution

Hypericum roeperianum world distribution map, present in Angola, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Hypericum roeperianum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:433810-1
WFO ID wfo-0000728241
COL ID 3NQ4N
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Synonyms

Hypericum roeperianum Hypericum conrauanum Hypericum riparium Hypericum schimperi Hypericum schimperi var. huillense Hypericum quartinianum subsp. roeperianum Hypericum schimperi var. angustisepalum Hypericum roeperianum var. schimperi Hypericum roeperianum var. roeperianum