Crotalaria egregia Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Racemes 6–20 cm long, sublaxly 12–40-flowered, with a few flowers developing in the axils below; bracts (3)4–6 mm long, linear-lanceolate, ± as long as the pedicel; bracteoles 0.
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Standard elliptic, pale yellow, ± marked brownish, silky tomentose outside; wings a little shorter than the keel; keel 10–11 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak.
Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflets mostly 20–50 × 4–10 mm, oblong-lanceolate, thinly pilose on both surfaces; petiole 2–3 mm long; stipules 0.
Calyx 6–7 mm long, densely pilose; upper lobes narrowly acuminate-triangular, 3 times as long as the tube.
Erect annual 30–50 cm tall, developing ascending branches from near the base, densely pilose.
Pod sessile, 8–10 × 6 mm, shortly ovoid-ellipsoid, pilose, 8-seeded.
Seeds 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) 0.3 - 0.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Crotalaria egregia world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899596-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210813
COL ID ZNFN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria egregia