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Crotalaria insignis Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets mostly 3.4–5 × 0.9–2.2 cm, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, acute to rounded at the apex, glabrous above, densely appressed puberulous beneath; petiole shorter than leaflets; stipules 2–3 mm long, subulate, persistent.
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Standard broadly elliptic, yellow turning bronze; wings longer than the keel; keel 2.4–2.8 cm long, strongly rounded, ± straight along upper margin, abruptly contracted into a well developed darker marked upwardly directed truncate beak.
Calyx with funnel-shaped hypanthium 1.5–1.7 cm long, densely puberulous; upper lobes narrowly attenuate-triangular, ± as long as calyx tube plus hypanthium.
Virgately branched shrub, 1.5–3 m tall, with shortly, densely and persistently pubescent branches.
Pod including the 0.8–1.2 cm long stipe 5.5–6.5 cm long, oblong-clavate, densely pubescent.
Racemes lax, 6–12-flowered; bracts 3–4 mm long, linear-subulate; bracteoles setaceous.
Seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 3.0
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Root diameter (meter) -
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Crotalaria insignis world distribution map, present in Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Crotalaria insignis threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899609-1
WFO ID wfo-0000206623
COL ID ZNLX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria insignis
WorldFloraDB 2024