Rothmannia globosa (Hochst.) Keay

Species

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Characteristics

A slender evergreen or briefly deciduous tree, usually 4-7 m but up to 12 m in height. Bark: brown or dark grey, smoothish, becoming neatly squared and roughish. Leaves: elliptic to lanceolate, 4-10 x 1-3 cm, dark green or mid-green above, paler below, midrib and lateral veins pale green, yellow to pinkish, sometimes red to maroon, prominent below, translucent when held against a strong light, with hair-tuft domatia; apex broadly tapering to narrowly rounded; base tapering; petiole up to 10 mm long. Flowers: bell-shaped, creamy white, often marked with pink speckles in the throat, small for the genus, about 2.5 cm long and 3.5 cm in diameter, solitary or in 2-to 4-flowered fascicles, often in profusion Fruit: round, about 2.5 cm in diameter, green, becoming brown, becoming rather hard and woody when dry.
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A small tree. It grows 4-7 m high but can be 15 m high. Leaves are shiny. They are simple and opposite. They are 3.8-10 cm long. They are often sword shaped. The base is narrow. The leaves are dark green above and paler underneath. It has bell-shaped flowers. These occur singly or in clusters on short side branches. The flowers are 3.8 cm across. They are white and can have pink marks. They have a sweet scent. The fruit are round and 1.9-2.5 cm across. The shell is soft and corky but becomes hard later. The seeds are flat and imbedded in the pulp. The fruit are edible.
Slender, evergreen (briefly deciduous), small tree, 2-8 m high. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to elliptic, dark green above, paler below, venation pinkish, prominent below; hair-tuft domatia below; petioles ± 7 mm long. Calyx with cylindrical tube; lobes fused to ± halfway, free ends membranous, apices linear, erect. Corolla 5-lobed, showy, campanulate, cream-coloured with pink honeyguides. Stamens 5, included. Flowering time Aug.-Nov. Fruit globose, brown, hard and woody when dry, crowned with persistent calyx.
Small tree or shrub, up to 8 m high. Flowers up to 10 cm fascicles. Corolla tube 20-35 mm long, cylindrical part scarcely extending beyond calyx limb, campanulate above. Flowers white to cream with dark spots in throat.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in coastal and inland forest. It can tolerate some frost. It suits hardiness zones 9-11.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Rothmannia globosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Rothmannia globosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:765125-1
WFO ID wfo-0000298233
COL ID 4TGCV
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Synonyms

Rothmannia globosa Gardenia globosa Gardenia gerrardiana