Crotalaria vitellina Ker Gawl.

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Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

A herb or shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are eaten as a potherb and as a cooked vegetable.
Uses animal food food food additive poison potherb vertebrate poison
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Crotalaria vitellina world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Singapore, El Salvador, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322616-2
WFO ID wfo-0000183524
COL ID ZP9L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 632817
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Crotalaria vitellina Crotalaria guatemalensis Crotalaria brasila Crotalaria lotifolia Crotalaria poeppigii Crotalaria guatemalensis Crotalaria vitellina var. vitellina Crotalaria vitellina var. schippii Crotalaria altissima Crotalaria vitellina var. glabrata Crotalaria vitellina var. minor Crotalaria vitellina var. oblongifolia