Species Rhigozum brevispinosum Kuntze (Simple-leaved rhigozum)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Lamiales
  • ---- family: Bignoniaceae
  • ----- species: Rhigozum brevispinosum
Characteristics:shrub, 1-2,5m tall, the branches are covered with spines, simple, oblanceolate leaves are borne in tufts of 9-13, the large flowers are golden-yellow and sweelty scented, the fruit is a 7cm long pale brown capsule
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
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References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 54
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