Crotalaria nuda Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Racemes 3–12 cm long, 12–30-flowered, generally lax, upper part occasionally congested; bracts 1–2.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic; pedicel 3–6 mm long, sometimes with minute bracteoles medially.
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Standard obovate-circular, yellow lined reddish; wings ± as long as the keel; keel (4)5–7 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak slightly incurved at the tip.
Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, uppermost generally 1-foliolate; leaflets 5–18 × 1–3.5 mm, linear-oblanceolate, obtuse to truncate; petiole 0.5–2(4) mm long; stipules 0.
Generally a slender erect branching annual 30–90 cm tall, but sometimes a tufted suffrutex, glabrous.
Calyx 3.5–4 mm long; upper lobes narrowly triangular-acuminate, 1.5–2 times as long as the tube.
Pod with a stipe up to 1 mm long, (3)5–6 × 3–3.5 mm, ovoid-globose, 2-seeded.
Seeds 2.5 mm across, rounded cordiform, smooth, with a small aril.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.9
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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 nuda world distribution map, present in Zambia

Conservation status

Crotalaria nuda threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899626-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210873
COL ID 6BJDC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria nuda