Crotalaria eurycalyx Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Similar to C. arcuata but bracts leaf-like, lanceolate to linear-elliptic, narrowed at both ends, 5–8 mm long, pedicels 2–4 mm long, calyx 6–8 mm long with broad, ovate lobes 3–5 times as long as the tube and generally thinly pubescent.
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The pod is not known but the ovary is hairy only on the upper side and 8-ovulate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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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 eurycalyx world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899597-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210854
COL ID ZNGH
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Synonyms

Crotalaria eurycalyx