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Lathyrus humilis (Ser.) Fisch. ex Spreng.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lathyrus

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 20-30 cm tall. Stem slender, erect, some­times branching, puberulent, wingless. Leaves paripinnate; ten­dril weakly branched or simple; stipules foliose, semisagittate, 10-16 mm, dentate; leaflets (2 or)3-or 4-paired, ovate or ellip­tic, 15-30(-50) × 10-20 mm, glabrous or abaxially puberulent, with reticulate veins. Raceme shorter than leaf, 2-5-flowered. Calyx campanulate; longest tooth ca. 1/2 length of tube. Corolla purple-red, 1.5-2 cm; standard orbicular, with claw; wings and keels auriculate at base. Ovary linear, glabrous. Legume linear, 4.3-5 cm. Seeds red-brown, elliptic, smooth. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 20-30 cm tall. The stems are slender, erect and sometimes branching. They are hairy. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are weak tendrils. There are 3 to 4 pairs of leaflets that are oval and 15-30 mm long by 10-20 mm wide. There are 2-5 flowers in a group. They are red to purple. The pod is 4-5 cm long. The seeds are oval and red-brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
Root system creeping-root
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It grows in cold desert in north India. In north China it grows on the edges of forests and in grasslands below 2,500 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

The seeds and pods are eaten raw.
Uses forage medicinal
Edible pods seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 20 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Lathyrus humilis world distribution map, present in China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448926-2
WFO ID wfo-0000213811
COL ID 3SKVT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lathyrus altaicus Orobus humilis Lathyrus ovatus Lathyrus koreanus Lathyrus humilis Lathyrus ovatus Lathyrus altaicus f. humilis Lathyrus altaicus var. humilis
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