Sarcophyte sanguinea Sparrm.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Balanophoraceae > Sarcophyte

Characteristics

Flesh-coloured to crimson or purplish red plants.. Tuber 7–15 cm. in diameter, strongly polygonately furrowed.. Stem basally surrounded by a short, 3–4-lobed sheath, bracteate below, 8–25 cm. long, up to 5 cm. wide below.. Bracts spirally arranged, ovate-lanceolate, 1–3.5 × 0.3–1.2 cm.. Inflorescence 5–10 cm. wide, branches 2–6 cm. long, each subtended by a bract.. Male flowers: tepals 2.3–3.6 mm. long; stamens 1.5–2.5 mm. long.
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Male flowers: perianth segments (2)3(4), 1.75–3.5 × 1.5–2 mm, elliptic to oblong, apex obtuse to acute, very fleshy; stamens (2)3(4), 1–2.5 mm long.
Female flowers: clusters 0.4–1.5 cm long, cylindrical to subspherical.
Tuber 5–13 × 5–11 cm, irregularly lobed, verrucose.
Bracts 0.8–2 × 0.5–1.2 cm, ovate-lanceolate.
Plant to 40 cm tall.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Sarcophyte sanguinea world distribution map, present in Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103400-1
WFO ID wfo-0001140462
COL ID 6XMSN
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Synonyms

Ichthyosma weinmannii Ichthyosma wehdemanni Sarcophyte sanguinea subsp. sanguinea Sarcophyte sanguinea