Adenolobus garipensis [family FABACEAE]

Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Adenolobus garipensis [family FABACEAE]
Common names
Bauhinia garipensis E. Mey., Comm. 162 (1836); Walp., Repert. 1 : 852 (1842); Harv. in F.C. 2 : 275 (1862); Oliv. in F.T.A. 2 : 291 (1871); Taub. in Pflanzenfam. 3,3 : 150 (1892); Hiern, Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. I: 297 (1896); Schinz in Mem. Herb. Boiss. 1 : 120 (1900); Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col. 209 (1907); Bak. f., Leg. Trop. Afr. 3: 658 (1930). Type as above.
Information
Shrub or small tree up to 4 m high with erect branches. Leaves often aggregated on abbreviated lateral shoots: petiole (0,5) 0,8-1,8 cm long; blade 0,8-2 cm long, 1,2-3 cm wide, glaucous, glabrous, slightly emarginate or very shallowly lobed apically, cordate basally; lobes ± semicircular. Stipules 1-3 mm long, 1-2 mm broad. Flowers solitary or in fascicles of 1-3, borne on abbreviated lateral shoots; pedicels 6-15 mm long; bracts ± 1 mm long, 1-1,5 mm wide. Hypanthium 4-6 mm long. Sepals 6-9 mm long, united for most of their length into a tube, lobes 3-4 mm long, acute apically. Petals yellow to pinkish or red, with con­spicuous dark reddish venation, 1,5-2 cm long, 6-8 mm wide, narrowed basally into a claw. Stamens 10; filaments 1,5-2,8 cm long, red basally, green or yellowish-green apically. Ovary 4-6 mm long, glandular; style 5-6 mm long. Pod 2-3 cm long, 1-1,5 cm wide, on a stipe 1-2 cm long, glandular or eglandular, pale yellowish-brown to pinkish-red. Seed 5-7 X 4-5 mm. Fig. 12 : 1-3.
Habitat
Flowering period is from August to April.
Use
2. Adenolobus garipensis (E. Mey.) Torre & Hillc. in Bol. Soc. Brot. Ser. 2, 29 : 37 (1955); in C.F.A. 2 : 196(1956); Schreiber in F.S.W.A. 59 : 4 (1967); Meyer, Pflanzenwelt Sudwestafrikas 87 (1969); Palmer & Pitman, Trees S. Afr. 2 : 875 (1973); Brummitt & Ross in Kew Bull. 31 : 403 (1976). Type: Between Verleptpram and Natvoet, Gariep, Drege (PRE, iso.!).
Range
Found in southern Angola, the western areas of South West Africa and the north-western Cape. Palmer & Pitman I.e. report that A. garipensis grows on stony or gravelly soil, rocky hills or in coarse sand, and is equally at home on the plateau of the Namib Desert and on the islands and the banks of the Orange River.
Adenolobus garipensis [family FABACEAE]
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