Tylecodon wallichii (Harv.) Toelken

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial with much branched erect stems up to 0.8 m high and covered with more or less elongated phyllopodia which are rarely completely replaced by a peeling bark. Leaves linear, (40-)60-120 x 1.5-3(-4.5) mm, scarcely cuneate, acute, terete or slightly grooved above, glabrous or rarely pubescent, grey-green to grey-brown. Inflorescence a thyrse with 3-5(-7) straight monochasia, each with (3-)5-12 flowers, glandular-pubescent to glabrous; peduncle up to 0.6 m long; pedicels 3-5 mm long. Calyx 3-5 mm long, glandular-tomentose, yellowish green; lobes acute. Corolla glandular pubescent to glabrous; tube cylindrical to somewhat urceolate when dry and slightly widened towards mouth, 7-12 mm long, glabrous inside except for tufts of hairs where filaments are fused to tube; lobes 5-7 mm long, recurved or recoiled. Anthers 2.5-3(-4) mm long. Squamae usually square, 0.8-1.2 x 0.8-1.1 mm, usually distinctly emarginate, fleshy, yellow.
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Shrub with branched, erect stems, 0.5 m in diam., 0.3-0.8 m high, covered with elongated phyllopodia. Leaves on tip of branches, linear, 40-150 x 2-6 mm, terete, glabrous. Inflorescence a thyrse with 3-5 straight monochasia, each with 5-12 glandular-pubescent flowers; peduncle 0.35-0.6 m long. Corolla: tube cylindrical, yellow, slightly widened at mouth, 10-12 mm long, glandular-pubescent, not hairy filaments. Flowering time Jan., Feb.
Succulent shrub, up to 0.8 m tall, with branches at least 30 mm thick, covered with prominent, truncate phyllopodia. Leaves dry at flowering, linear, terete or slightly grooved above, 30-120 x 2-4 mm, usually glabrous. Flowers ± drooping, in a glandular-pubescent to glabrous spreading inflorescence, with peduncle 0.2-0.6 m long, corolla tube 7-12 mm long, broadening towards mouth, yellow-green, lobes 5-7 mm long, yellow.
Succulent shrublet with warty stems to 1 m, covered with protruding phyllopodia. Leaves dry at flowering, abscising, oblanceolate. Flowers in a spreading cyme, urn-shaped, nodding, greenish yellow, tube 7-12 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.55 - 0.8
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JanFebMar
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OctNovDec
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Photosynthetic pathway cam

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Corn (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

Tylecodon wallichii unspecified picture

Distribution

Tylecodon wallichii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:276933-1
WFO ID wfo-0000408981
COL ID 59SWS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tylecodon wallichii Cotyledon wallichii Tylecodon papillaris subsp. wallichii

Lower taxons

Tylecodon wallichii subsp. ecklonianus Tylecodon wallichii subsp. wallichii