Polygala torrei Exell

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves 10–35 x 2.5–6 mm., narrowly elliptic or narrowly lanceolate, almost glabrous, apex acute, mucronate, margin slightly incurved, narrowed towards the base, base obtuse usually unequal.
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Posterior sepal 2.5 mm. long; wing sepals 5–5.5 x 2.5–3 mm., greenish, obliquely elliptic, minutely puberulous, apiculate at the apex; anterior sepals 2.5 mm. long, free, apex apiculate.
Upper petals 3 x 3 mm., irregularly suborbicular, shortly unguiculate, apex slightly emarginate; carina 4.5 x 2 mm., crest fimbriate, 1.5 mm. long.
Perennial herb with slender stems about 25 cm. tall, arched-ascending from a woody base, crisped-puberulous.
Seeds 2.5 x 1.8 mm., broadly ellipsoid, densely sericeous-pubescent; caruncular appendages 2.5 mm. long.
Flowers greenish, pedicels 2.5–3.5 mm. long, in lateral 2–5-flowered racemes 1–1.5 cm. long.
Capsule 5 x 5.5 mm., suborbicular in outline, winged margin 0.6 mm. broad.
Style 5 mm. long, apex geniculate.
Stamens 8.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25
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°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Polygala torrei world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:692472-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100793
COL ID 4L8GF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala torrei