Caragana aegacanthoides (R.Parker) L.B.Chaudhary & S.K.Srivast.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Caragana

Characteristics

Shrubs 6-10 cm tall, caespitose. Bark grayish yellow, glabrous. Branches short and dense, pubescent. Leaves pinnate, (6-)12-or 14(or 16)-foliolate; petiole and rachis 3-8 cm, per­sistent, densely pubescent when young, later glabrescent; leaflet blades oblong-elliptic, 4-5 × ca. 2 mm, both surfaces pubes­cent, apex emarginate to truncate. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 5-7 mm. Calyx tube tubular, 1-1.2 cm, pubescent. Corolla yellow, 2-2.4 cm; standard ovate-oblong, 2.2-2.4 cm, claw ca. 1/2 as long as limb, apex emarginate; wings with limb ca. 1.2 cm, claw distinctly longer than limb; keel with claw distinctly longer than limb, auricle short. Ovary densely pubescent. Legume ob­long-ellipsoid, 1.5-2 cm, outside densely pubescent or when mature glabrescent, inside with trichomes. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.1
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
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Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Caragana aegacanthoides world distribution map, present in China and India

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77083821-1
WFO ID wfo-0001034118
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Synonyms

Astragalus aegacanthoides Caragana aegacanthoides