Eriosema spicatum Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Eriosema

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite shrub. It grows 1m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Humid ground; wooded savannah; granitic rocks; sunny rocks; edges of small woods in savannah; old cultivations; open and dry ground; meadows; at elevations up to 1,800 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Eriosema spicatum world distribution map, present in Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Eriosema spicatum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494175-1
WFO ID wfo-0000195525
COL ID 3B69C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eriosema spicatum Eriosema spicatum subsp. spicatum Eriosema parviflorum subsp. laxiusculum

Lower taxons

Eriosema spicatum subsp. collinum