Noltea africana (L.) Endl.

Species

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Characteristics

Glabrous shrub, 1-4 m high. Leaves discolorous, alternate, petioled, elliptic or oblong, margins serrated. Flowers in terminal and axillary panicles, white. Calyx 5-lobed; tube broadly campanulate; lobes ovate, ± as long as tube. Petals 5, shorter than calyx, cucullate, embracing stamens. Disc inconspicuous. Stamens 5. Ovary partly adnate to calyx tube, 3-locular; style shortly 3-lobed. Flowering time July-Nov. Fruit a round capsule, calyx cup persistent, valves with a keel on upper portion, separating septicidally from a 3-partite, central axis. Seeds convex on one face, flattened and with keel on the other.
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Glabrous shrub or small tree 0.5–4 m high. Leaves: lamina ovate to elliptic, 30–70 mm long, 10–20 mm wide, base cuneate, margin dentate, flat or slightly recurved, apex obtuse; petiole 3–7 mm long; stipules 0.5–2 mm. Flowers white or cream. Pedicels 3–4 mm long. Hypanthium 2–3 mm diam. Sepals 1.5–1.7 mm long. Petals 0.9–1.2 mm long. Stamens c. 1 mm long; anthers 0.4 mm long. Style 1.2–1.5 mm long, virtually entire or slightly lobed. Fruit globular, 8–10 mm long, black or brown. Seeds 4–5 mm long, blackish with a brown or black, with fimbriate aril.
Shrub or small tree to 4 m. Leaves elliptic-oblong, serrate, glossy above, paler beneath. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, white. Fruits globose, calyx cup persistent.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 4.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows often near watercourses.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
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Therapeutic use Preventitive (unspecified), Soap (unspecified)
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Images

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Distribution

Noltea africana world distribution map, present in Australia, India, and South Africa

Conservation status

Noltea africana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:941571-1
WFO ID wfo-0001131001
COL ID 47MVJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706574
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Synonyms

Ceanothus lancifolius Rhamnus africana Ceanothus africanus Ceanothus atropurpureus Noltea africana Vitmannia africana Ceanothus scandens Ceanothus elongatus