Crotalaria kipilaensis R.Wilczek

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves 3-foliolate, uppermost occasionally 1-foliolate; leaflets (10)15–35 × (5)7–15 mm, oblong-oblanceolate to oblong-obovate, rounded at the apex, appressed pubescent beneath; petiole 8–20 mm long, slightly winged; stipules 0.
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Racemes sessile, 3–10 cm long, densely many-flowered, with other flowers in the axils below; bracts 3–4 mm long, linear to linear-lanceolate, exceeding the pedicel; bracteoles on the pedicel, setaceous.
Standard elliptic to elliptic-obovate, yellow, densely pubescent to tomentellous outside; wings shorter than the keel; keel 6–8 mm long, angular, with a long narrow twisted beak incurved at the tip.
Calyx 5–6 mm long, densely appressed pubescent; lobes narrowly triangular-lanceolate, upper ones 4 times as long as the tube.
Erect ± branching annual 25–80 cm tall; stem densely appressed to slightly spreading pubescent.
Pod sessile, 5–6 × 4–4.5 mm, ovoid-globose, appressed pubescent, 2-seeded.
Seeds 2–2.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth, with a pronounced aril.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.8
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

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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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Distribution

Crotalaria kipilaensis world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488323-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210818
COL ID ZNNB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria kipilaensis