Eriosema pulcherrimum Taub.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Eriosema

Characteristics

The leaves folding up over the short raceme of yellow flowers.
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A few inches high up to 1 ft.
Softly white-tomentose
From a woody rootstock
Erect herb
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Grassy or wooded savannah with Monotes kerstingii on sand; lateritic soils; edges of gallery forests.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses gum material medicinal social use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Eriosema pulcherrimum world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494137-1
WFO ID wfo-0000195503
COL ID 3B68D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eriosema pulcherrimum