Crotalaria atrorubens Hochst. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

A herb or small shrub. It grows 1 m high. The flowers are yellow and have a reddish tinge. They are crowded at the ends of branches.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.65 - 0.95
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the sandy savannah in West Africa.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses animal food food medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Hypotension (seed), Parasympatholytics (seed)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Crotalaria atrorubens world distribution map, present in Cameroon, Ghana, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, and Chad

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487831-1
WFO ID wfo-0000208685
COL ID ZN8Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Crotalaria atrorubens Crotalaria rubiginosa Crotalaria guilleminiana Crotalaria iodina Chrysocalyx rubiginosa