Tephrosia elegans Schum.

Sprawling hoarypea (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Tephrosia

Characteristics

Leaves silvery beneath and green above
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An erect shrubby herb 2–5 ft. high
Flowers yellow
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.61 - 1.52
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Usually in moist grassland.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses leaf vegetable poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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 -

Distribution

Tephrosia elegans world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000202242
COL ID 55CTG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tephrosia elegans