Larrea divaricata Cav.

Species

Angiosperms > Zygophyllales > Zygophyllaceae > Larrea

Characteristics

A low shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves are small and dark green and in opposite pairs. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are dry capsules. They contain 5 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Caution: It should not be used at all by pregnant women.
Uses animal food environmental use food food additive fuel material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison vertebrate poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Abdomen (unspecified), Ache(Foot) (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Calculus (unspecified), Contraceptive (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Poultice (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Vertigo (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Images

Habit

Larrea divaricata habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Larrea divaricata leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Larrea divaricata leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Larrea divaricata leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Larrea divaricata flower picture by pace natalia (cc-by-sa)
Larrea divaricata flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Larrea divaricata flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Larrea divaricata fruit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Larrea divaricata fruit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Larrea divaricata fruit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Larrea divaricata world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873316-1
WFO ID wfo-0001146308
COL ID 6NZ4J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Covillea divaricata Schroeterella divaricata Neoschroetera divaricata Larrea divaricata