Synaptolepis retusa H.Pearson

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Synaptolepis

Characteristics

A woody shrub. It has a woody rootstock. It grows 55 cm tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and have short leaf stalks. The flowers are pale green.
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Suffrutex, with stout woody stock, and erect shoots to 18 in. high
Flowers pale green with golden anthers
Leaves pale glaucous green
Stem pale glaucous green
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on dry stony soils in savannah.
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On dry stony soil in savannah.
Dry stony soils in savannah.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten.
Uses -
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Synaptolepis retusa world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Nigeria, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832965-1
WFO ID wfo-0000501032
COL ID 7B7X8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Synaptolepis retusa