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Accession Data:

Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br.

  • Common Name: Cancer Bush
  • Family: Fabaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900044
  • Source: Strictly Medicinal Seeds, LLC - 2019
  • Accession Date: 04-03-2019
  • Bench: 2114 - MED:Fynbos F
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-21-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Fabales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • SubFamily: Faboideae
  • Tribe: Galegeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

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

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • Type Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 03 April, 2019.
  2. Sutherlandia frutescens at ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Wednesday, 03 April, 2019.
  3. Sutherlandia frutescens at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, 03 April, 2019.
  4. Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade, PhD, Gustav Styger, PhD, Diana Gibson, PhD, and Gail Hughes, DrPH, Sutherlandia frutescens: The Meeting of Science and Traditional Knowledge. J Altern Complement Med. 2014 Feb 1; 20(2): 71–76. Last accessed on Wednesday, 03 April, 2019.

data regenerated on Fri, 10 May 2024 15:44:19 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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