Calobota cinerea (E.Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Calobota

Characteristics

Rigid shrub, up to 1.5 m tall, branches longitudinally grooved, with a grey felt-like covering. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole 3-14 mm long, leaflets oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, hairy. Flowers 5-30, in lax racemes, pale yellow, calyx silky, standard abruptly reflexed at base, silky-backed. Pod linear, semi-terete, densely tomentose.
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Erect shrub to 1.5 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole longer or shorter than leaflets. Flowers yellow, wings shorter than keel. Pods linear, tomentose, dehiscent, spongy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Calobota cinerea world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77100893-1
WFO ID wfo-0000743459
COL ID 3SPJN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lebeckia cinerea Calobota cinerea Lebeckia cinerea var. schaeferi