Clitoria kaessneri Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Clitoria

Characteristics

Leaves 1–3-foliolate (mostly 1-foliolate) and varying on the same plant; leaflets chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 4–8.5 × (1)2–5 cm, oblong, elliptic or ovate, glabrous apart from hairs on the raised nerves beneath; petiole 3–4 mm long.
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Flowers (1)2–4 per axil, on a peduncle 3–15 mm long; pedicels 5–8 mm long; bracteoles 7–10(15) × 3–5 mm, ovate, pilose.
Standard pale mauve, blue or cream-coloured with blue striations, 3.5–4.5 × 2–3(3.5) cm, moderately pubescent outside.
Pod 3–5-seeded, oblong-clavate, compressed, pubescent, particularly along the raised sutures, glabrescent.
Pxerennial herb, with numerous erect to trailing stems up to 1 m long; rootstock woody.
Stems slightly flexuous, somewhat angled, pubescent on younger parts.
Seeds black, 7 × 6 × 2 mm (only one collection seen).
Calyx 12–20 mm long, pilose; lobes lanceolate.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Clitoria kaessneri world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Conservation status

Clitoria kaessneri threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:486542-1
WFO ID wfo-0000179194
COL ID W9HN
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Synonyms

Clitoria kaessneri