Rhigozum obovatum Burch.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Rhigozum

Characteristics

Compact shrub or small tree 1-4.5 m tall, with rigid spreading spiny and greyish branches. Leaves 1-jugate rarely simple, fascicled on small cushions; petioles 2-6(8) mm long; leaflets 4-19 x 2-6 mm obovate to oblong-obovate, greyish-green, rounded often notched at the apex, tapering at the base, margins entire revolute. Flowers usually in clusters of 1-3 on each cushion; pedicels up to 5 mm long. Calyx 3-4.5 mm long, regularly 5-lobed; lobes short, rounded minutely mucronate. Corolla bright yellow with a campanulate to funnel shaped tube c. 15 mm long, the lower cylindrical portion included in the calyx, outside glabrous, inside pilose in the throat and below the insertion of the stamens; lobes 9-16 mm wide, subcircular, spreading, margin ciliate. Stamens adnate up to c. 10 mm from the base of the corolla tube; filaments 3-6 mm long; anthers 3.5-4 mm long, slightly exserted. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long; style 14-21 mm long. Capsule 4.5-6.5 x 1-1.5 cm, white brownish, long, beaked. Seeds 1-1.5 x 1.5-2.5 cm including the wings.
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Compact shrub or small tree, 0.7-4.5 m high; branches grey, smooth, rigid, spiny, spreading. Leaves 1-jugate, rarely simple, fascicled on spur-branchlets, petiolate, greyish green, obovate to oblong-obovate, finely notched at apex; margins entire, revolute. Flowers in clusters of 1-3, pedicellate. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes short, rounded, minutely mucronate. Corolla bright yellow, tube campanulate to funnel-shaped, lobe margins entire. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Fruit a beaked capsule, brown, smooth, thin-walled. Seeds winged.
Corolla bright yellow with a campanulate to funnel shaped tube c. 15 mm. long, the lower cylindrical portion included in the calyx, outside glabrous, inside pilose in the throat and below the insertion of the stamens; lobes 9–16 mm. wide, subcircular, spreading, margin ciliate.
Small tree or shrub, 1.0-4.5 m high. Leaves simple or 1-jugate, fascicled on small cushions (abbreviated shoots); blade obovate to oblong-obovate; petiole ± 2-6(-8) mm long. Flowers: corolla bright yellow; Jul., Oct., Nov. Fruit a ‘pod-like' capsule.
Stiffly branched, spiny shrub, up to 4.5 m tall. Leaves in tufts, obovate, on short petioles, margins revolute. Flowers 1-3 on short shoots, showy, funnel-shaped, 20-30 mm long, golden-yellow. Fruit narrow and flattened, seeds papery winged.
Leaves 1-jugate rarely simple, fascicled on small cushions; petioles 2–6(8) mm. long; leaflets 4–19 × 2–6 mm. obovate to oblong-obovate, greyish-green, rounded often notched at the apex, tapering at the base, margins entire revolute.
Small tree or shrub, 1.0-4.5 m high. Leaves simple or 1-jugate, obovate to oblong-obovate, fascicled on small cushions, petiole ± 2-6(-8) mm long. Flowers bright yellow; July and October to November.
A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-4.5 m tall. The branches are rigid, spreading and spiny. There are usually 1-3 flowers on each cushion. They are bright yellow.
Rigid, spiny shrub to 4.5 m. Leaves fascicled, obovate, margins revolute. Flowers 1-3 on short shoots, funnel-shaped, yellow. Seeds papery winged.
Stamens adnate up to c. 10 mm. from the base of the corolla tube; filaments 3–6 mm. long; anthers 3.5–4 mm. long, slightly exserted.
Compact shrub or small tree 1–4.5 m. tall, with rigid spreading spiny and greyish branches.
Calyx 3–4.5 mm. long, regularly 5-lobed; lobes short, rounded minutely mucronate.
Flowers usually in clusters of 1–3 on each cushion; pedicels up to 5 mm. long.
Capsule 4.5–6.5 × 1–1.5 cm., white brownish, long, beaked.
Seeds 1–1.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm. including the wings.
Ovary c. 1.5 mm. long; style 14–21 mm. long.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 4.5
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-4
Soil texture 5-7
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Germination luminosity -
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Flower

Rhigozum obovatum flower picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Rhigozum obovatum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Rhigozum obovatum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:110544-1
WFO ID wfo-0000779508
COL ID 99SZH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhigozum obovatum