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Accession Data:

Ceratotheca triloba ( Bernh.) Hook.f.

  • Common Name: South African Foxglove,Vingerhoedblom, Udonga
  • Family: Pedaliaceae R. Br.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat: summer-rainfall areas, waste places

  • Uses: Used in traditional medicine for painful menstruation, gastrointestinal issues, nausea and fever.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202200066
  • Source: Jardin Clermon-Ferrand index seminum
  • Provenance:
    Seed from index seminum of Jardin botanique de la Ville de Clermont-Ferrand, France. Sown Oct. 2021
  • Accession Date: 06-07-2022
  • Bench: 2114 - MED:Fynbos F
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-03-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Pedaliaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

    Liesl van der Walt 2001. PLantZAfrica article on Certotheca triloba

data regenerated on Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:21:03 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Pedaliaceae

  • Ceratotheca triloba
  • Pterodiscus sp.
  • Sesamothamnus lugardii W/C
  • Uncarina grandidieri
  • Uncarina ihlenfeldtiana
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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