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Polygala kalaxariensis Schinz

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Leaves 8–15 x 1–3 mm. (often much broader in Angolan specimens), linear-oblong to narrowly oblong, minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous, blunt and mucronate at the apex.
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Flowers blue, pedicels rather stout up to 6 mm. long, in short, lateral racemes up to 2 cm. long or solitary, with pubescent rhachis and caducous bracts and bracteoles.
Posterior sepal 2.5–3 mm. long; wing sepals 6–7 x 3.5–5 mm., greenish, obliquely elliptic or ovate-elliptic; anterior sepals 2.5 mm. long, connate.
Upper petals 5 x 4 mm., obcuneate; carina 7 x 3 mm., minutely pubescent on the margin towards the base, crest 2 mm. long.
Seeds 3 x 1.6 mm., cylindric, sparsely white-sericeous; caruncle 1.3 mm. long with very small appendages.
Capsule 6 x 3.5 mm., elliptic-oblong, minutely pubescent near the margins, margin very narrowly winged.
Procumbent, perennial herb or shrublet with minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous stems and branches.
Stamens 6 fertile and 2 staminodes.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691659-1
WFO ID wfo-0000488705
COL ID 4L7F5
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Synonyms

Polygala dekindtii Polygala kalaxariensis Polygala kubangensis Polygala reflexa
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