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Rhoiacarpos capensis A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Rhoiacarpos

Characteristics

Straggling shrub, up to 0.6 m high; branches 4-angled. Leaves opposite, stout, leathery, sessile, ± rounded or subcordate at base, midrib prominent, margins slightly inrolled. Inflorescences short, axillary or terminal racemes or panicles of usually 3-flowered cymules, bracteate. Flowers bisexual, yellow. Perianth: tube short, slender, obconic; lobes 5, ovate, acute, persistent, with a tuft of hairs attached to anthers. Stamens 5; anthers ovoid. Disc subconcave, with short, prominent, obtuse lobes. Ovary fleshy; ovules 5, pendulous from straight cylindrical placenta; style cylindric-conical; stigma 5-lobed, minute, alternating with perianth lobes. Flowering time Mar.-Oct. Fruit a red, edible, ovoid drupe. Seed bony.
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A shrub. The leaves are oval and opposite. They are heart shaped at the base. They only have a short stalk. The leaves are 3-7 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. There can be small teeth towards the end. The flowering shoots are compact and small with a few flowers. The fruit are round and red. They have one seed.
Straggling shrublet to 60 cm. Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, margins revolute and minutely crisped. Flowers in terminal, cymose panicles or racemes, greenish. Fruit a red drupe.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Edible fruits
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Images

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Distribution

Rhoiacarpos capensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:780584-1
WFO ID wfo-0001134299
COL ID 4SJVV
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Synonyms

Colpoon capense Rhoiacarpos capensis Hamiltonia capensis
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