Tephrosia euprepes Brummitt

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Tephrosia

Characteristics

Leaves often few in number and restricted to the lower part of the plant, with (1)2–4(5) pairs of leaflets; petiole (1.5)3–8 cm long, petiole and rachis together (2)3–15 cm long, with rather sparse long hairs and usually at least some of these conspicuously spreading; leaflets (1)2–5(7) × (0.2)0.4–0.9(1.3) cm, narrowly lanceolate or elliptic-oblong to linear, rounded to subcuneate at the base, rounded or often conspicuously truncate or emarginate at the apex; upper surface glabrous, lower surface appressed-pubescent with longish hairs; stipules (3)5–11(15) × 0.3–0.8(1) mm, linear, usually conspicuously persistent towards the base of the plant after the fall of the leaves.
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Stems sparsely to fairly densely pubescent, with at least some hairs towards the base of the stem long and conspicuously spreading, usually brown, very rarely with all hairs appressed.
Calyx (3.5)4.5–7 mm long, with long brown loosely appressed to spreading hairs; upper teeth about equalling the tube, connate for ½–? length.
Flowers in simple, elongate, lax racemes up to 25 cm long; bracts up to 6 × 0.3 mm, linear, inconspicuous; pedicels 3–6 mm long.
A slender annual with a long, thin taproot; stems simple or sparingly branched in the lower part only, 20–50(90) cm high.
Pods (42)58–72 × 4–5 mm, appressed-pubescent with usually long hairs overlying shorter ones, straw-coloured.
Petals pink or pale purplish; standard 15–20 mm long.
Ovary appressed-pubescent; style pubescent.
Stamen tube joined above.
Seeds 8–12(13).
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system tap-root
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Tephrosia euprepes world distribution map, present in Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520551-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202292
COL ID 55CTR
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Tephrosia euprepes