Crotalaria acicularis Buch.-ham. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Herbs, ascending, 20-80 cm tall. Branches densely brown spreading silky pilose. Stipules linear, 2-4 mm. Leaves simple; petiole short; leaf blade suborbicular to oblong, 1-2(-3) × 1-1.5 cm, membranous to papery, both surfaces sparsely white spreading silky pilose, base narrow to slightly cordate, apex obtuse to acuminate. Racemes terminal, 5-30-flowered; bracts lanceolate to acicular, 2-3 mm. Pedicel 3-5 mm; bracteoles in­serted at base of calyx tube or on apical part of pedicel, acicular. Calyx 2-lipped, 4-6 mm, parted to base, densely brown silky pilose; lobes lanceolate. Corolla yellow; standard suborbicular to obovate, 4-5 mm; wings narrowly elliptic, slightly shorter than standard; keel suborbicular, apex with a long twisted beak. Ovary subsessile. Legume cylindric, ca. 1 cm, 10-12-seeded, glabrous. Fl. Aug-Nov, fr. Dec-Feb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.8
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Crotalaria acicularis world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60457282-2
WFO ID wfo-0000188546
COL ID ZN6D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria acicularis Crotalaria disticha