Crotalaria pilosiflora Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Inflorescences of 2 sorts; main racemes 6–12 cm long, ± laxly 6–12-flowered; supplementary inflorescences 1-flowered from leaf-tufts on a peduncle 1–1.5 cm long; bracts longer than the pedicel, 5–6 mm long, linear-lanceolate; bracteoles just below the calyx, setaceous.
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Leaves 3-foliolate, with tufts of smaller leaves in main axils; leaflets (1)1.5–3.5 × 0.6–1.5 cm, elliptic, slightly to distinctly acuminate to the apiculate tip, pilose beneath; petiole of main leaves 1–3 cm long; stipules 2–4 mm long, linear-subulate.
Standard elliptic, yellow, ?finely reddish lined with age, pilose outside; wings ± as long as the keel; keel 1.1–1.3 cm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak.
Calyx 7–9 mm long, densely pilose; lobes attenuately triangular, ± twice as long as the tube.
Pod with a stipe c. 2 mm long, 1.2–1.5 × 0.7–0.8 cm, obliquely obovoid, furry, 12–14-seeded.
Shrubby herb to 1.5 m; branches spreading pilose.
Mature seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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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 pilosiflora world distribution map, present in Malawi

Conservation status

Crotalaria pilosiflora threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488663-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210674
COL ID ZNXD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria pilosiflora