Crotalaria torrei Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 2.5–5 × 1.3–2.5 cm, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, pilose on both surfaces with irregularly arranged hairs, more densely so beneath particularly on the nerves; petiole 3–10 mm long; stipules (2)3–8 mm long, subulate-caudate.
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Standard oblate, yellow, finely lined with brown, glabrous outside; wings broad, longer than the keel; keel 1–1.2 cm long, strongly rounded about the middle, with a narrow acute upwardly directed beak.
Pod sessile, 1.5–2 cm long (including the beak), ovoid-fusiform, produced into a well-formed beak (including style-base), densely spreading pilose, probably 6–8-seeded.
Racemes rather short, densely 12–24-flowered; bracts 4–5 mm long, subulate-caudate; bracteoles inserted just below the calyx, 3–4 mm long, linear-caudate.
Calyx 7–8 mm long, densely pilose; lobes narrowly attenuate-triangular, ± twice as long as the tube.
Small rhizomatous shrub up to 1.5 m tall; branches densely spreading pilose.
Seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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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 torrei world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Conservation status

Crotalaria torrei threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899644-1
WFO ID wfo-0000208738
COL ID ZP7L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria torrei