Vangueria thamnus (Robyns) Lantz

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Vangueria

Characteristics

Frutices humiles, vix 10 cm. attingentes e rhizomate nodoso longoque orti, internodiis brevissimis, plerumque glaberrimi. Stipulae scariosae. 1-1.5 mm. longae, vaginatim conjunctae, intus basi villosae, subito in appendicem linearem acutam 2-3 mm. longam glabram desinentes, magis minusvc persistentes. Folia opposita, ad apicem ramulorum conferta, 1-2 mm. longe petiolata; laminae subherbaceae vel leviter chartaceae, elliptico-lanceolatae, sicco utrinque pallide subviridescentes vel glaucescentes, utrinque glabrae, basi et sursum obtuse attenuatae, 5-8 cm. longae et 1.5-3 cm. latae, costis secundariis utraque mediani parte 4-5 arcuatis haud prominulis percursae. Cymae axillares oppositae, simplices, pauciflorae, conspicue bracteolatae, bracteolis scariosis, glabrae, 4-8 mm. longe pedunculatae; flores usque ad 5-6 mm. pedicellati; alabastra subcylindrica, sursum attenuata, breviter apiculata. glaberrima, vulgo 6 mm. longa; calycis lobi erecti, lineares, 4-5 mm. longi, persistentes; corollae tubus subcylindricus, superne leviter ampliatus, intus pilis reflexis annulatus, 3 mm. longus, lobi refracti, oblongi, acuti, tubo fere aequilongi; antherae oblongo-ovatae, apice acutae, glabrae, 1.5 mm. longae; stylus subgracilis, laevis, glaber, 4 mm. longus, stigma cylindricum, laeve, apice 5-lobulatum, 1.5 mm. longum; ovarium hemisphaericum, glabrum, vix 1 mm. longum, 5-loculare.
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Perennial herb or dwarf shrub, 50-70 mm high. Leaves with blade narrowly ovate-elliptic, ± 50-80 x 15-30 mm, glabrous. Flowers: in cymes, peduncles 4-8 mm long; calyx lobes 4-5 mm long; corolla greenish, cream-coloured; Oct.-Jan.
Perennial herb or dwarf shrub, 50-70 mm tall. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, 50-80 x 15-30 mm. Cymes pedunculate, peduncles 4-8 mm long. Calyx lobes 4-5 mm long. Flowers greenish, cream.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Vangueria thamnus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77067616-1
WFO ID wfo-0000801377
COL ID 7FGQ3
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Synonyms

Pachystigma thamnus Vangueria thamnus