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Putterlickia pyracantha Endl.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Putterlickia

Characteristics

Straggling shrub, up to 3 m high, thornescent. Branches terete, covered by waxy layer, with nonwarty lenticels. Leaves coriaceous, glossy dark green; lamina obovate, 13-7 x 8-35 mm, apex rounded, obtuse to emarginate, base cuneate, margins revolute, usually entire or spinulose-denticulate; petioles 1-4 mm long. Inflorescences very lax axillary cymes; peduncle 10-25 mm long, reddish. Flowers whitish. Sepals unequal, broadly triangular, ± 1 mm long, margins laciniate. Petals oblong, 4-5 mm long, apex rounded, margins slightly ciliate, reflexed lengthwise. Stamens ± 3 mm long. Ovary 3-locular; ovules 6-12 per locule. Fruit an obconic-trigonous capsule, 10-20 mm long, cream-coloured to pink or red, smooth. Seeds completely enveloped by orange aril.
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Shrub or small tree, up to 6 m high, armed with prominent spines. Branches smooth. Leaves single or clustered, narrowly obovate, 20-40(-80) x 10-30 mm, dark green, venation more prominent below. Inflorescence long and slender (up to 10 mm). Fruit a 3-lobed, woody capsule, 20 mm long, splitting to release seed enveloped by yellow aril. Flowers white.
Rigid, straggling, spiny shrub to 3 m. Leaves fasciculate, subsessile, leathery, obovate, margins slightly revolute, sometimes toothed. Flowers in axillary cymes, white. Capsules red seed aril orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.5
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Environment

Light 4-9
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

Uses environmental use
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Putterlickia pyracantha world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Putterlickia pyracantha threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162448-1
WFO ID wfo-0001292626
COL ID 78P66
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Catha pyracantha Celastrus integer Catha campestris Catha integer Celastrus campestris Celastrus colpoon Celastrus obtusus Celastrus pyracanthifolius Celastrus pyracanthus Putterlickia pyracantha
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