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Polygala limae Exell

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Posterior sepal 2 mm. long, including an apical mucro 0.7 mm. long; wing sepals 4 x 2 mm., greenish, narrowly elliptic, glabrous; anterior sepals 1.5 mm. long, free.
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Flowers greenish, pedicels 1 mm. long, in short, lateral racemes 1.5–3 cm. long, rhachis crisped-pubescent with deciduous bracts and bracteoles 1 mm. long.
Seeds 1.2 x 1.2 mm. (2 mm. long including caruncle), subglobose, sericeous; caruncular appendages about 1/4 the length of the seed or less.
Leaves 15–25 x 5–8 mm., narrowly elliptic, sparsely crisped-pubescent or glabrous, mucronate at the apex.
Annual herb branched from the base, up to 18 cm. tall; stems crisped-pubescent.
Capsule 2.5–3 x 3 mm., glabrous, with winged margin about 0.3 mm, broad.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.18
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Polygala limae world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691731-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100754
COL ID 4L7SV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala limae
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