Characteristics
Soft-stemmed shrub, up to 1.25 m high. Leaves subor-bicular-reniform, not or only shallowly lobed, lobes rounded. Bracts of epicalyx 12-16, epicalyx as long as calyx. Flowers pale or sulphur-yellow with port-wine or maroon centre.
| Life form |
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| Growth form |
shrub
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
1.38
|
| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
|
Environment
Drier parts of tropical Africa on sandy-clayey soils, humid sands and sometimes on rocky scree in savannah areas; often near villages; in woodland with Grewia, Terminalia, etc.; along rivers and in seasonally dry riverbeds; usually in light shade.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
30 - 60
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
23
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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