Chamaecrista pilosa (L.) Greene

Hairy sensitive pea (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Chamaecrista

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.25-0.525m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.53
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry or moist, open places, sometimes on sandbars along streams, at elevations up to 1,400 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses fixation of sand dunes medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anodyne (unspecified), Bite(Bug) (unspecified), Depilatory (unspecified), Lactogogue(Veterinary) (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Sting(Insect) (unspecified), Vitiligo (unspecified), Leucoderma (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Chamaecrista pilosa world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54677-2
WFO ID wfo-0000175511
COL ID 69PTP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Chamaecrista macropoda Disterepta pilosa Cassia pilosa Cassia macropoda Chamaecrista pilosa Cassia milleri Chamaecrista pilosa var. pilosa Cassia emarginata

Lower taxons

Chamaecrista pilosa var. luxurians