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Caragana brevispina Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Caragana

Characteristics

A spiny shrub. It grows to 2 m high. The leaves are 8 cm long. The leaves are divided into leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are oval and hairy underneath. There are prickles along the midrib. The flowers are yellow. There are 2-4 flowers in a cluster. The fruit is a pod. It is straight and like a cylinder. The pod is woolly inside. It is 4-5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.2 - 2.45
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Higher forests, in the undergrowth of fir and oak forests or in open glades on dry ridges; at elevations from 1,500-2,700 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows in Nepal at 2400-3500 m altitude. It suits hardiness zones 6-9.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

The young buds are cooked as a green vegetable. The fresh flowers are eaten raw. The flower nectar is sucked.
Uses environmental use forage medicinal wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment scarification soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Caragana brevispina world distribution map, present in China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Tajikistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483803-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186070
COL ID QZX2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Caragana alexeenkoi Aspalathus triflorus Aspalathus brevispinus Caragana brevispina subsp. brevispina Caragana brevispina var. brevispina Caragana brevispina Caragana triflora Caragana williamsii Caragana brevispina var. gamblei

Lower taxons

Caragana brevispina var. catenata Caragana brevispina subsp. tenzingii
WorldFloraDB 2024