Calobota sericea (Thunb.) Boatwr. & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Calobota

Characteristics

Rounded, silvery grey shrub, up to 1.5 m tall or a small tree, 2-3 m tall. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole 10-55 mm long, occasionally flattened, leaflets elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, sericeous. Flowers few to many, in slender racemes, pale to deep yellow, occasionally tinged with purple, calyx sericeous, standard pilose on midline of back. Pod linear, semi-terete, sericeous.
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Erect, diffuse shrub to 2 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole longer or shorter than leaflets. Flowers yellow or cream-coloured, wings shorter than keel. Pods linear, sericeous, dehiscent, spongy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.65
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-7
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fuel medicinal social use
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Calobota sericea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Calobota sericea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77100905-1
WFO ID wfo-0000743470
COL ID 3SPKS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lebeckia flexuosa Lebeckia sericea Lebeckia decipiens Calobota decipiens Calobota sericea Calobota flexuosa