SPECIMEN / FABACEAE
Lessertia frutescens subsp. microphylla
Small Leaved Cancer Bush
Origin to be documented
SPECIES REFERENCE / Lessertia frutescens
Lessertia frutescens (syn. Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br.; Colutea frutescens L.) is a southern African legume in the family Fabaceae. It is also known as cancer bush, balloon pea, Cape bladder pea, sutherlandia; and phetola ("it changes") in seTswana, and insiswa ("the one that drives away the darkness") in isiZulu. It is a shrub with bitter, aromatic leaves, with red-orange flowers appearing in spring to mid-summer. These are followed by inflated, air-filled pods containing the seeds.
This description covers the referenced species, not the specific cultivar, provenance, or seed selection.
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- Fabaceae
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