Calobota spinescens (Harv.) Boatwr. & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Calobota

Characteristics

Erect to spreading, thorny shrub, up to 1 m tall. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole 6-25 mm long, leaflets linear to spathulate, sericeous. Flowers few to many in short racemes, yellow, calyx sericeous, standard sericeous on back. Pod linear or falcate, laterally compressed, sericeous or glabrous with a hairy upper suture.
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Erect to spreading, thorny shrub to 1 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole longer than leaflets. Flowers yellow, wings shorter than keel. Pods linear to falcate, sericeous or sometimes glabrous with a hairy upper suture, dehiscent, thin-walled.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 4-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77100906-1
WFO ID wfo-0000743471
COL ID 3SPKW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lebeckia elongata Lebeckia spinescens Lebeckia armata Calobota spinescens