Crotalaria bemba R.Wilczek

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Racemes (3)5–12 cm long, laxly 4–30-flowered, developing other racemes and single flowers in the axils below; bracts 1.5–5 mm long, linear-lanceolate, shorter than the pedicel; bracteoles minute or lacking.
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Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, uppermost often 1-foliolate; leaflets 8–30 × 2–8 mm, linear-oblanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, appressed pubescent beneath; petiole 0–2 mm; stipules 0.
Standard oblate, yellow, lined brown, tomentellous outside; wings longer than the keel; keel 7–9 mm long, subangular with a twisted beak incurved at the tip.
Calyx (4)6–7 mm long, densely appressed pubescent; upper lobes broadly triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, ± twice as long as the tube.
Erect annual herb, (10)20–60 cm tall, with 0–numerous ascending branches, appressed pubescent.
Pod sessile, 7–9 × 5–7 mm, ovoid-globose, appressed pubescent, 6–12-seeded.
Seeds 1.5–2.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Usage

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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 bemba world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Conservation status

Crotalaria bemba threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487858-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210848
COL ID ZN9L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria bemba