Oedera multipunctata leaves

    Oedera multipunctata leaves
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Thabo Maphisa

    The simple leaves of Oedera multipunctata spiral imbricately and fairly sparsely, rather than alternate. They are about sessile or stalkless, also gland-tipped. Leaves are found on the upper, young branch parts only, dropping off old stems. Young stems among the leaves are yellow-green and faintly hairy.

    The leaves ascend more than spread, may also curve in. The narrow, oblong to oblanceolate leaf-shape tapers to a bluntly pointed tip, the base also tapering.

    The thickish green blades with entire margins may be faintly and sparsely short-haired, more so when young. The blades are slightly leathery and may be shallowly channelled on top (Manning and Goldblatt, 1997; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org).

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