Christia vespertilionis (L.F.) Bakh.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Christia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.7-1m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.7 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Open grasslands, thickets, roadsides, seasides in southern China. A weed of pastures and roadsides, growing on sandy, gravelly and shale soils at elevations from 90-750 mrytrd in Jamaica.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Christia vespertilionis world distribution map, present in China, Dominican Republic, India, Jamaica, Kenya, and Mauritius

Conservation status

Christia vespertilionis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:486281-1
WFO ID wfo-0001057182
COL ID 6LGBB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 455710
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Synonyms

Christia lunata Hedysarum vespertilionis Christa vespertilionis Hedysarum versicolor Hedysarum volitans Christia vespertilionis Lourea vespertilionis

Lower taxons

Christia vespertilionis var. grandifolia Christia vespertilionis var. vespertilionis