Pterodiscus aurantiacus Welw.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Pedaliaceae > Pterodiscus

Characteristics

Fruit usually oblate in lateral view, up to 35 mm. long and 41 mm. broad, often suffused with purple when ripe; beak very narrow, almost needle-like; the wings of either side of the fruit contiguous or even overlapping at the base of the fruit.
More
Flowers brilliant orange red, with dark red throat; corolla tube cylindrical, 16–20 mm. long; diam. of limb at least three times the diam. of the throat; anterior lobe of limb enlarged, nearly circular.
Perennial herb, up to 30 cm. high, the branches erect or ascending; the basal organ a swollen stem arising from a subterranean tuber of approximately the same diam.
Leaves lanceolate, up to 8 cm. long and 2 cm. broad, subentire, undulate or slightly dentate, usually with 4 pairs of lateral veins.
Seeds 1–2 in each loculus.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Pterodiscus aurantiacus world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, and Namibia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675910-1
WFO ID wfo-0000482217
COL ID 4PWGY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pterodiscus aurantiacus