Otholobium polystictum (benth. ex Harv.) C.h.stirt.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Otholobium

Characteristics

Perennial, virgate shrub, up to 2 m high; stems densely leafy and tomentose. Leaves trifoliolate, subsessile. Leaflets cuneate-oblong, with very blunt, recurved mucronulate apex, prominently nigro-punctate in dried specimens. Stipules minute, triangular. Flowers 4 or 5 together, axillary. Calyx tomentose, campanulate. Petals white and purple. Flowering time Apr.-June. Pod tomentose, longer than calyx.
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Erect, virgate, densely leafy, the twigs hairy; leaves trifoliolate, subsessile; leaflets cuneate-oblong, very blunt, recurvo-mucronulate, nigro-punctate and pellucid-dotted, glabrescent; stipules minute, triangular; tufts of flowers subsessile, axillary, 4-5 flowered; calyx tomentulose, campanulate, shortly 5-toothed; the teeth triangular; legume tomentose.
Perennial shrub, up to 1 m high. Leaves trifoliolate, subsessile or very shortly petiolate; leaflets narrowly obovate, cuneate, dotted with black glands, glabrescent; lateral leaflets asymmetrical. Flowers: in axillary clusters, peduncles 2-4 mm long; calyx dotted with black glands; lateral leaflets asymmetrical; corolla purplish pink; Jul.-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Soil humidity 1-5
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Magic (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Head (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Otholobium polystictum world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942573-1
WFO ID wfo-0000194724
COL ID 4B2H8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Psoralea polysticta Otholobium polystictum Lotodes polysticta