Vangueria pygmaea Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Vangueria

Characteristics

A small shrub. It has a woody rootstock and short irregular branches arise from this. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 11 cm long by 3 cm wide. They are more pale underneath. The leaves are crowded towards the ends of branches. The flower is a tube with barrow pointed lobes. The fruit is 2.5 cm across.
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Perennial herb or dwarf shrub, up to 0.4 m high. Leaves with blade linear-oblong, fulvous-pubescent, ± 40-80 x 30 mm. Flowers: in cymes, peduncles 5-6 mm long; calyx lobes 4-5 mm long; corolla greenish yellow; Aug.-Feb.
Perennial herb or dwarf shrub, up to 400 mm tall. Leaves linear-oblong, fulvous-pubescent, 40-80 x 30 mm. Cymes pedunculate, peduncles 5-6 mm long. Calyx lobes 4-5 mm long. Flowers greenish yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system rhizome
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Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in grassland and sandy soils and on termite mounds between 1,170-2,280 m above sea level. In Swaziland it grows in the high veld only.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten as a snack.
Uses medicinal poison
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Vangueria pygmaea world distribution map, present in eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:769785-1
WFO ID wfo-0000331297
COL ID 7FF8Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Pachystigma pygmaeum Pachystigma rhodesianum Vangueria nana Vangueria rhodesiana Vangueria setosa Vangueria pygmaea