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Caragana sinica (buc'hoz) Rehder

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs to 2 m tall. Bark dark brown. Current-year branch­lets glabrous. Leaves pinnate or sometimes digitate, 4-foliolate; petiole and rachis 0.7-1.5(-2.5) cm, caducous or persistent; leaflet blades obovate to oblong-obovate, 1-3.5 × 0.5-1.5 cm, apical pairs often largest, apex rounded and mucronate. Flowers solitary. Pedicel ca. 1 cm, articulate at middle. Calyx tube campanulate, 1.2-1.4 cm. Corolla yellow, 2.8-3 cm; standard narrowly obovate, claw short; wings basally auriculate, claw nearly as long as limb; keel broadly blunt. Ovary glabrous. Leg­ume cylindric, 3-3.5 cm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul. 2n = 16, 24.
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A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are 4 leaflets. These are 1-4 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. The pair at the end are the largest. The flowers occur singly and are yellow. The pods are cylinder shaped and 3-4 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In China it grows on mountain hills below 400-1,800 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Open slopes on mountains in Korea. Mountain hills; at elevations from 400-1,800 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses fodder medicinal oil
Edible flowers roots seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs scarification and soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment scarification soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -25
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Caragana sinica (buc'hoz) world distribution map, present in China and India

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483896-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186069
COL ID R225
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Caragana chamlagu Robinia sinica buc'hoz Aspalathus chamlagu Caragana chinensis Robinia chinensis Robinia flava Caragana sinica (buc'hoz) Caragana flava Robinia chamlagu (lam.) l'hér. Caragana chamlayu Robinia sinensis buc'hoz Robinia lucida Caragana sinica var. longipedunculata Caragana sinica var. megalantha
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