Xysmalobium heudelotianum Decne.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Xysmalobium

Characteristics

A herb or shrub. The stems are up to 1 m high. They are hairy. The leaves are widely spreading. The leaf blade is 5-8 cm long and narrowly oval. The edges curl. There are 10-12 flowers in a group. The fruit are follicles that usually occur singly. They are 12 cm long and 1 cm wide. They are thick at the middle and taper to both ends. The seeds are flat and oval with wings along the edges.
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Follicles erect, long-stipulate, narrowly fusiform, up to nearly 1 ft. long but often much less
An erect herb from a fusiform tuber a few inches to 4 ft. high
Flowers greenish-yellow
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.86
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in tropical Africa.
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In grassy savanna.
Grassy savannah.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The watery, turnip-shaped root is eaten.
Uses material medicinal
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Xysmalobium heudelotianum world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103114-1
WFO ID wfo-0000429120
COL ID 5CQ25
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Schizoglossum truncatulum Gomphocarpus rubioides Xysmalobium reticulatum Schizoglossum heudelotianum Xysmalobium obscurum Xysmalobium schumannianum Xysmalobium heudelotianum