Code
TEATE
Growth form
Broadleaf
Biological cycle
Annual
Habitat
Terrestrial
TEATE
Growth form
Broadleaf
Biological cycle
Annual
Habitat
Terrestrial
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Demidovia tetragonoides Pall. |
| synonym | Tetragonia borealis Batt. & Trab. |
| synonym | Tetragonia expansa Murray |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
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Global description
Tetragonia tetragonioides is an annual, fleshy, very branched plant , dark green in colour, erect when young, then ascending, reaching up to 1 m long. It is a plant covered with small white papillates. The fleshy, stalked, simple and alternate leaves are triangular, with obtuse end. Axillary flowers are small and discreet, yellowish-green in colour. The whirligig-shaped fruit is extended by four very apparent lobes. It contains kidney-shaped seeds.
General habit
Annual fleshy plant, much branched, dark green in colour, first erect and then ascending, reaching up to 1 m long. The whole plant is covered with tiny white and shiny papillates.
Underground system
The root system is a taproot.
Stem
The stem has a cylindrical section, slightly angular.
Leaf
Leaves, fleshy, are alternate and simple, 1.5 to 10 cm long and 1 to 7 cm wide, without stipule. The petiole measures 1 to 2 cm long. The leaf blade is triangular oval, with wedged base, and more or less obtuse end.
Flower
The flowers, green-yellowish in colour, are axillary, isolated or in pairs. The calyx is divided into 3 to 5 cornute lobes (usually 4). The number of stamens may vary (4 to 22). The ovary, divided into 5 to 8 loculus, is topped by a number of styles equivalent to the number of loculus.
Fruit
The fruit is a conical or globular capsule (2.5 to 12.5 mm in length), dry, indehiscent, surrounded by the perianth tube extended by 3 to 5 horns, the tube that increases after fertilization. The general shape of the fruit is that of a whirligig; its total length about 1 cm.
Seed
The fruit contains 4 to 10 sub-reniform seeds.
Tetragonia tetragonioides is an annual, fleshy, very branched plant , dark green in colour, erect when young, then ascending, reaching up to 1 m long. It is a plant covered with small white papillates. The fleshy, stalked, simple and alternate leaves are triangular, with obtuse end. Axillary flowers are small and discreet, yellowish-green in colour. The whirligig-shaped fruit is extended by four very apparent lobes. It contains kidney-shaped seeds.
General habit
Annual fleshy plant, much branched, dark green in colour, first erect and then ascending, reaching up to 1 m long. The whole plant is covered with tiny white and shiny papillates.
Underground system
The root system is a taproot.
Stem
The stem has a cylindrical section, slightly angular.
Leaf
Leaves, fleshy, are alternate and simple, 1.5 to 10 cm long and 1 to 7 cm wide, without stipule. The petiole measures 1 to 2 cm long. The leaf blade is triangular oval, with wedged base, and more or less obtuse end.
Flower
The flowers, green-yellowish in colour, are axillary, isolated or in pairs. The calyx is divided into 3 to 5 cornute lobes (usually 4). The number of stamens may vary (4 to 22). The ovary, divided into 5 to 8 loculus, is topped by a number of styles equivalent to the number of loculus.
Fruit
The fruit is a conical or globular capsule (2.5 to 12.5 mm in length), dry, indehiscent, surrounded by the perianth tube extended by 3 to 5 horns, the tube that increases after fertilization. The general shape of the fruit is that of a whirligig; its total length about 1 cm.
Seed
The fruit contains 4 to 10 sub-reniform seeds.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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📚 Natural History
Life Cycle
Life cycle
Annual
China: Tetragonia tetragonoides flowers and fruits from August to October.
Morocco : Tetragonia tetragonoides flowers from June to December.
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Reproduction
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Tetragonia tetragonoides is an annual succulent plant. It reproduces by seed.
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Morphology
Growth form
Erected
Prostrated
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Type of prefoliation
Leaf ratio medium
Broad leaves
Latex
Without latex
Stem section
Round
Root type
Taproot
Hollow or solid stem
Solid stem
Stipule type
No stipule
Leaf attachment type
with petiole
Fruit type
Dry fruit
Cotyledon type
cordate
Lamina base
attenuate
Lamina margin
entire
Lamina apex
acute
Upperface pilosity
Glabrous
Lowerface pilosity
Glabrous
Simple leaf type
Lamina elliptic
Lamina section
succulent
Lamina Veination
in arc
Flower color
Yellow
Inflorescence type
Raceme with alternate sessile flowers
Stem pilosity
Glabrous
Life form
Broadleaf plant
Ecology
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Morocco: Tetragonia tetragonoides grows in old gardens, wasteland and ruderalized suburban areas.
Reunion: Tetragonia tetragonoides grows on coastal sands and sometimes in the sugarcane fields particularly in Bérive region in the south of the island.
West Indies: Tetragonia tetragonoides is cultivated occasionally as a vegetable.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Description
Geographical distibution
Reunion Island
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Origin
Tetragonia tetragonoides is native to New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, Korea.
Worldwide distribution
This species has been introduced into Western Europe, North and East Africa, the Indian Ocean islands (Madagascar and Reunion), North and South America.
Tetragonia tetragonoides is native to New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, Korea.
Worldwide distribution
This species has been introduced into Western Europe, North and East Africa, the Indian Ocean islands (Madagascar and Reunion), North and South America.
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
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Local harmfulness
Reunion: Tetragonia tetragonoides is a weed sometimes abundant in the sugar cane fields in Bérive.
Reunion: Tetragonia tetragonoides is a weed sometimes abundant in the sugar cane fields in Bérive.
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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Thomas Le Bourgeois
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References
- Grubben, G.J.H., 2004. Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze. [Internet] Record from Protabase. Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (Editors). PROTA
- Wagner et al., 1999_ p. 178
- Flora Maroccana (Dobignard A.) https://www.floramaroccana.fr/tetragonia-tetragonoides.html
- Marais W., 1990. Flore des Mascareignes, Vol. 104 Aizoacées in Antoine R., Bosser J., Ferguson I.K., ed. Flore des Mascareignes, La Réunion, Maurice, Rodrigues. MSIRI, Maurice, IRD, France, RBG, UK.
- Fournet, J. 2002. Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. Montpellier, France, Cirad, Gondwana éditions.
- Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:364795-1
- The World Flora Online http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000414976
- Flora of China http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200007018
Information Listing > References
- Grubben, G.J.H., 2004. Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze. [Internet] Record from Protabase. Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (Editors). PROTA
- Wagner et al., 1999_ p. 178
- Flora Maroccana (Dobignard A.) https://www.floramaroccana.fr/tetragonia-tetragonoides.html
- PROTA http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?fr=1&p=Tetragonia+tetragonioides
- HEAR http://www.hear.org/pier/species/tetragonia_tetragonoides.htm
- Marais W., 1990. Flore des Mascareignes, Vol. 104 Aizoacées in Antoine R., Bosser J., Ferguson I.K., ed. Flore des Mascareignes, La Réunion, Maurice, Rodrigues. MSIRI, Maurice, IRD, France, RBG, UK.
- Fournet, J. 2002. Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. Montpellier, France, Cirad, Gondwana éditions.
- Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:364795-1
- The World Flora Online http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000414976
- Flora of China http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200007018
Images
Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Tetragonia%2520tetragonioides
Thomas Le Bourgeois
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Caryophyllales |
| Family | Aizoaceae |
| Genus | Tetragonia |
| Species | Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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