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Mesembryanthemum testiculare

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Identification
Mesembryanthemum testiculare Thunb. [family AIZOACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for MESEMBRYANTHEMUM testiculatum Jacq. [family AIZOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 386, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM testiculatum Jacq. [family AIZOACEAE], fragm. 20, 73. t. 12. f. 2.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM testiculare Thunb. [family AIZOACEAE], ! Fl. Cap. 412. Haw. Syn. 265.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM octophyllum Haw. [family AIZOACEAE], Rev. 85.
Information
stemless; leaves 4–8, unequal, whitish, smooth, rather erect, ovate or oblong-ovate, flat above, convex beneath, quite entire. Root perennial. Leaves 4 or 6, rarely 8, connate at base, very fleshy, about 1 inch long. Peduncle very short, with 2 leafy bracteas near the calyx. Flowers white or reddish, 1–2 inches in diameter. Calyx 6-cleft.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near Olifantsriver, Thunberg! Between Droogekraal and Hollriver, Gamka-river, Zeyher! 701. Jan.-Sept. (Herb. Thunb. Sd.)

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