Canary Island flatpod (codeso)
Adenocarpus foliolosus (Aiton) DC. · Family: Fabaceae
Edges of laurel forest and its degraded stages, margins and clearings of pine forest, and lower cool sites on north-facing slopes.
Where it grows on Tenerife
Grows in: North coast · North, 300–1000 m · South, 300–1000 m · Above 1000 m
Zones are derived approximately from the Cabildo belts.
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From Wikipedia
Adenocarpus foliolosus, known locally as codeso and commonly known as Canary Island flatpod is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, that is endemic to Canary Islands where it can be found in Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, Gran Canaria and La Palma. It has yellow flowers, a narrow, oblong legume with sparse glands, compound leaves and short petioles 1–3 millimetres (0.039–0.118 in) long.
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Adenocarpus foliolosus
Description
A shrub 2-4 m tall, much branched, with spreading or arching branches and brownish bark. Leaves small, trifoliate. Flowers yellow, in showy terminal inflorescences. Pods slender, 3-5 cm long. Flowers in winter and spring.
Propagation and growing
The fruits of this shrub are pods which, when ripe, split lengthwise and twist into a spiral, ejecting several hard black seeds that germinate in large numbers after forest fires; hence the practice of briefly heating…
Garden use
This untidily branching shrub, prone to all kinds of diseases, is a “fussy” plant: laborious to grow, attractive to pests and of doubtful value as an ornamental.
Notes
At higher altitudes it hybridises with the summit codeso, “Adenocarpus vicosus”. Despite its low ornamental interest, it is useful for restoration work and soil stabilisation.
Protection status
Not listed.
Potential vegetation
Visneo-Arbutetum canariensis; Lauro-Perseetum indicae; Sideritido-Pinetum canariensis subas. ericetosum arboreae.
Source: Cabildo de Tenerife, “Guía de especies vegetales”, CC BY. Translated from Spanish by us.
Bioclimatic belts
Warm coastal belt
- Inframediterranean, dry, with trade-wind fog
Warm mid-slope belt
- Thermomediterranean, semi-arid (upper level), with trade-wind fog
- Thermomediterranean, dry, with trade-wind fog
- Thermomediterranean, subhumid, with trade-wind fog
- Thermomediterranean, dry (upper level), without trade-wind fog
- Thermomediterranean, humid, with trade-wind fog
Temperate belt of laurel and pine forest
- Mesomediterranean, lower, dry, with trade-wind fog
- Mesomediterranean, lower, dry, without trade-wind fog
- Mesomediterranean, lower, subhumid, with trade-wind fog
- Mesomediterranean, lower, subhumid, without trade-wind fog
- Mesomediterranean, lower, humid, with trade-wind fog
Districts
Anaga · Metropolitan area (Santa Cruz and La Laguna) · Acentejo · La Orotava Valley · Daute · Teno · South-west · South-east · Güímar Valley