Xiphotheca cordifolia A.L.Schutte & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Xiphotheca

Characteristics

Single-stemmed, tree-like shrub up to 2.5 m tall, not sprouting after fire; woody rootstock absent. Leaves opposite, cordate, flat, pubescent only on abaxial surface, glabrescent. Inflorescences borne at tips of lateral branches; peduncle 1.0-2.5 mm long. Bracts not seen. Pedicel 2.0-2.5 mm long. Bracteoles minute, caducous. Calyx intrusive at base; lobes acuminate, slightly longer than the tube; carinal lobe as long as lateral lobes; densely pubescent. Wing petals not seen. Ovary with 4-6 ovules; densely pubescent. Pods laterally compressed; densely pubescent. Seeds uniformly brown.
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Single-stemmed, reseeding, tree-like shrub to 2.5 m. Leaves opposite, 1-foliolate, cordate, shortly hairy beneath. Flowers in pedunculate pairs at tips of lateral branchlets, yellow, calyx intrusive, lobes slightly longer than tube, ovules 4-6.
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Mature height (meter) 2.5
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Distribution

Xiphotheca cordifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:968932-1
WFO ID wfo-0001232291
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Synonyms

Xiphotheca cordifolia