Manochlamys albicans (Aiton) Aellen

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Manochlamys

Characteristics

Perennial, grey, aromatic shrub, 0.25-0.80 m high. Leaves alternate, widely ovate, with concave leaf base elongated into petiole, entire. Inflorescences terminal spikes. Flowers unisexual. Male flowers with 5 tepals, ovate; stamens 5, longer than perianth. Female flowers with 3 or 4 very small tepals and 2 broad-based bracts; bracts becoming fleshy, encircling, but not covering fruit. Fruit white or greenish. Seed compressed with rounded margin, smooth, shiny, black.
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Monoecious, grey-mealy, white-stemmed shrub, up to 2 m tall, with horizontally spreading branches. Leaves rhomboid to sagittate. Flowers crowded in terminal spikes, minute, yellowish. Fruit fleshy, yellowish green.
A shrub. It has white stems. It grows 2 m tall. The branches are spread out sideways. The flowers are in crowded spikes at the ends of branches. They are small and yellow. The fruit is fleshy and yellowish green.
Monoecious, grey-mealy, white-stemmed shrub to 2 m, with horizontally spreading branches. Leaves rhomboid to sagittate. Flowers crowded in terminal spikes, minute, yellowish.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on dry sandy slopes.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Manochlamys albicans world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166145-1
WFO ID wfo-0001294671
COL ID 3XVRL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Manochlamys albicans Atriplex sarcocarpus Exomis atriplecoides