Leobordea platycarpa (Viv.) B.-e.van Wyk & Boatwr.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Leobordea

Characteristics

Mat-forming, hairy annual, stems 0.1-0.2 m long. Leaves becoming opposite on flowering shoots, 3-foliolate, oblanceolate. Flowers 1-many, pedunculate or not, yellow, calyx with upper and lateral lobes fused high up, standard and wings often much shorter than keel. Pod obovoid to broadly oblong, inflated, shorter or ± longer than calyx. Flowering all year.
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Annual herb, up to 200 mm high; procumbent. Leaves of flowering twigs opposite, trifoliolate; stipules small, < 5 x 3 mm. Flowers: corolla yellow; Aug.-May. Pods included in calyx or slightly longer.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system tap-root
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use
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Cultivation

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Images

Habit

Leobordea platycarpa habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

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Leobordea platycarpa leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Leobordea platycarpa leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Flower

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Leobordea platycarpa flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Leobordea platycarpa flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Leobordea platycarpa world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Cabo Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77110628-1
WFO ID wfo-0000749742
COL ID 3W86J
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Synonyms

Lotononis platycarpos Lotononis persica Lotus platycarpos Leobordea persica Lotononis lotoidea Lotononis abyssinica Lotononis dinteri Amphinomia dinteri Amphinomia platycarpa Amphinomia lotoidea Lotononis steingroeveriana Lotononis dichotoma Lotononis platycarpa Lotononis clandestina Leobordea platycarpa Lotononis porrecta Lotononis lotoidea Leptis debilis Amphinomia steingroeveriana Lotononis carinalis Lotononis sphaerocarpa Capnitis clandestina Capnitis porrecta Leobordea abyssinica Leobordea clandestina Leobordea lotoidea Leobordea sphaerosperma Leptidium debile Amphinomia dichotoma Lotononis lotoidea Lotus dichotomus Amphinomia riouxii Lotononis clandestina var. steingroeveriana Lotononis platycarpa var. persica (jaub. & spach) abdallah & sa'ad Lotononis platycarpa var. abyssinica Lotononis dinteri var. amboensus Lotononis leobordea Lotononis lotoidea var. micrantha Lotononis dichotoma var. persica Lotononis leobordea var. abyssinica Leobordea porrecta Lotononis leobordea var. filicaulis