Maerua rosmarinoides (Sond.) Gilg & Gilg-ben.

Species

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Characteristics

Tree or much branched shrub up to 5 m tall and 0-3 m diam., sometimes a scrambler. Leaves (1)3(4 or 5)-foliolate, petiolate; leaflets linear, 1.5-9 cm long, the middle leaflet longer than the laterals, 1.5-3 mm wide, apex prominently mucronate (mucro 1-2 mm long), base cuneate, margin somewhat revolute, glabrous; petiole 6-25 mm long; petiolule 1.5 mm long, channelled above. Inflorescences of few-flowered, terminal, corymbose racemes on short side branches; pedicles 1-2.3 cm long. Receptacle cylindric, 3-6 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide at mouth, glabrous, smooth or faintly ribbed; disc lobed, with lobes unequally laciniate, 1 mm long, Sepals 4, elliptic, 7-11 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, somewhat cucullate with renexed tip, attenuate at base, margin ciliate. Petals 4, ovate to broadly ovate, 4-6.5 mm long, 2.5-4 mm wide, clawed at base. Androphore 5 mm long, exserted 1-1.5 mm. Stamens 10-30, 1.7-2.0 cm long; anthers oblong, 1-1.5 mm long. Gynophore up to 2-2 cm long. Ovary oblong, 2-2.5 mm long; ovules 20-25; stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit ellipsoid-cylindrical, 1.5-2 cm long, 0.5-1.0 cm diam., sometimes slightly torulose, colliculate. Seeds several, subglobose, 3-7 mm diam., brown.
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Tree or shrub, 0.5-5.0 m high, much branched. Leaves petiolate, glabrous; (1)3(-5)-foliate, leaflets linear, middle leaflet longer than laterals, margins revolute, apex prominently mucronate. Inflorescence terminal, corymbose racemes, few-flowered, on short side branches, pedicellate. Receptacle cylindrical, smooth or faintly ribbed; disc lobed. Sepals 4, elliptic, margins ciliate. Petals 4, ovate to broadly ovate, clawed at base. Stamens 10-30. Ovary oblong. Fruit ellipsoid-cylindrical, colliculate. Seeds several, subglobose, brown.
Tree or much-branched shrub, up to 5 m high. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, petioles 6-25 mm long; leaflets linear to narrowly elliptic. Disc of unequally laciniate lobes. Flowers dull yellow to white.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Images

Maerua rosmarinoides unspecified picture

Distribution

Maerua rosmarinoides world distribution map, present in Mozambique, eSwatini, and South Africa

Conservation status

Maerua rosmarinoides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147769-1
WFO ID wfo-0001290482
COL ID 3XFWK
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Synonyms

Niebuhria rosmarinoides Maerua rosmarinoides