Tetragonia schenckii
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Habit
21 Feb 2018
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Leaves
21 Feb 2018
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Leaves
21 Feb 2018
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Leaves
21 Feb 2018
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Leaves
29 Apr 2021
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Winged fruit
29 Apr 2021
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Full name: | Tetragonia schenckii (Schinz) Engl. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Kinkelbos, Kooibos |
| English common name(s): | Sweet seacoral |
| Synonym(s): | Anisostigma schenckii (Schinz) Schinz |
| Status: | Endemic |
| Description: | Untidy, much-branched shrub with lax branches, up to 1.6 m high. LEAVES simple, blue-green, fleshy, with waxy bloom, very variable in size. FLOWERS small, shortly tubular, pale yellow-green. FRUIT with 3–4 thin-textured wings or ribs; yellow-green until ripe, then papery, matt or shiny, grey-brown. Flowers and fruits in small clusters at tips of branches, obvious when present. (from Tree Atlas of Namibia) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
