Vangueria discolor (De Wild.) Lantz

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Vangueria

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 4 m high. There can be several stems from one root. The stems have rusty coloured hairs. The leaves are in pairs or rings of three. The leaves are 3-11 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. They are narrowly oval. The flowers are in dense short flat topped groups. They are 1.5-2.5 cm long. The fruit are yellow. They are 10-13 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Tall grassland with scattered trees; Brachystegia, Monotes-Julbernardia-Burkea woodlands and dambo margins, in sandy ground and laterite at elevations from 1,130-1,235 metres.
More
It is a tropical plant. It grows in open woodland. It grows between 1,100-1,250 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food gene source
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can re-grow from the rootstock after burning.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Vangueria discolor world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77067595-1
WFO ID wfo-0000801354
COL ID 7FF6B
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tapiphyllum confertiflorum Tapiphyllum discolor Tapiphyllum fadogia Tapiphyllum grandiflorum Tapiphyllum herbaceum Tapiphyllum oblongifolium Fadogia discolor Vangueria discolor