Sparmannia africana L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Sparmannia

Characteristics

Small tree to c. 6 m high, sometimes a low spreading shrub, densely hairy or bristly tomentose on young shoots and young infl.; hairs usually simple or with 2-3 branches, rarely obviously stellate. Petioles 4-14 cm long. Stipules 5-12 mm long, subulate, brown, scarious. Lamina 10-18-(28) × 7-14-(23) cm, broad-ovate, densely hairy beneath, less hairy above, serrate-dentate, usually shallowly 5-7-lobed, sometimes simple on flowering shoots; base deeply cordate; apex acuminate. Peduncles > petioles. Cymes with slender pedicels to 4 cm long, densely clothed in patent white hairs. Sepals 5-12 mm long (longer in cultivated plants), oblong-ovate, caducous, densely clothed in patent white hairs. Petals 10-15 mm long, white with yellow base; the outer (true petals) obovate; the inner (petaloid stamens) often with purple streaks, narrow, numerous. Stamens mostly petaloid, sometimes a few moniliform; base of filaments yellow, upper parts purple. Capsule globose, with copious bristles, not developing properly.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Breast (unspecified), Eye (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Sparmannia africana world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:835200-1
WFO ID wfo-0000501016
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Synonyms

Sparmannia africana