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Tephrosia capensis (Jacq.) Pers.

Species

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Characteristics

Suffruticose; stems procumbent, several from woody rootstock, pubescence variable. Branches slender. Leaves 2-4-jugate, long petiolate (25-90 mm long in var. longipetiolata H.M.L.Forbes). Leaflets 10-30 x 5-14 mm (very narrow in var. angustifolia E.Mey), subcuneate, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute (mucronate in var. acutifolia E.Mey.); upper surface glabrescent; lower surface glabrous or hirsute (densely pubescent or hirsute in var. hirsuta Harv.); venation usually dark reddish brown on lower surface. Stipules subulate. Inflorescences: peduncles leaf-opposed, slender, 70-150 mm long, interruptedly few-flowered. Flowers dark pink to magenta. Calyx with subulate lobes, equaling tube. Flowering time Dec.-Mar. Pod 35 x 3 mm, linear, narrow, pubescent, ± 8-seeded.
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Perennial herb or dwarf shrub, up to 0.5 m high. Stems spreading or ascending, glabrous. Leaves pinnate, with 4-8 leaflets; leaflets subcuneate, oblong or narrowly ovate, 10-30 x 5-14 mm, apex obtuse or acute, upper surface glabrescent, lower surface glabrous or hirsute; stipules subulate. Flowers: corolla reddish purple; Sep.-Mar. Pods pubescent.
Straggling subshrub, thinly hairy; bracts minute, triangular, persistent. Leaves pinnate, leaflets linear-elliptic; stipules small, triangular, 1-3-veined. Flowers scattered in slender, pedunculate racemes, pink or purple, 8-10 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Palpitation (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Tephrosia capensis world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520446-1
WFO ID wfo-0000201866
COL ID 55CR7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tephrosia capensis Galega capensis Cracca capensis

Lower taxons

Tephrosia capensis var. acutifolia Tephrosia capensis var. angustifolia Tephrosia capensis var. longipetiolata Tephrosia capensis var. capensis
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