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Podalyria styracifolia

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Identification
Podalyria styracifolia Sims [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Podalyria styracifolia

Flora

Entry for PODALYRIA calyptrata Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
PODALYRIA calyptrata Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Sp. 2. p. 504;—Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 438.
PODALYRIA styracifolia [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Bot. Mag. t. 1580. DC. Prod. 2. p. 102. E. & Z. 1160; also
PODALYRIA myrtillifolia E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], 1161.
Information
branches thinly pubescent; leaves obovate-elliptical, obtuse, mucronulate, thinly pubescent on both surfaces, prominently netted-veined on the underside; calyces velvetty with rusty pubescence, the lobes cultrate, nearly equalling the keel; bracts connate into a hood. A tall, strong growing, much-branched, erect shrub, 3–6 feet high. Leaves 1–1 3/4 inch long, 3/4–1 inch broad, green on both surfaces, the pubescence very short and thinly set: in no part rufous, except on the peduncle and calyx. Peduncle 1–1 1/2 inches long, 1-rarely 2-flowered. Pods thinly villous with whitish hairs. Known from all others by its calyptrform bracts.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Mountains of the western districts, common: Table Mt., Muysenberg; Howhoeksberg and Zwarteberg, &c. E. & Z. and others. (Herb. D., Hk., Bth. Sd.)

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