Tephrosia inandensis H.M.L.Forbes

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Tephrosia

Characteristics

Suffruticose. Stems erect, with stems, peduncles and petioles densely pubescent, but becoming glabrous at length. Leaves petioled, 6-7-jugate, 6-11 cm long; leaflets cuneate-oblong, retuse, mucronulate. glabrous above, pubescent below, 2.5-4 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad. Stipules subulate, acuminate, up to 1 cm long. Peduncles terminal and axillary, up to 7 cm long. Bracts ovate-acuminate, soon caducous. Flowers 2 cm long, “rosy”, pedicels up to 1 cm long, pubescent. Calyx pubescent, four lobes equalling the tube in length, lowest much longer. Ovary shortly and densely pubescent along margins. Style bearded. Legumes not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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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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Images

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Distribution

Tephrosia inandensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520639-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202696
COL ID 55CW3
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Synonyms

Tephrosia inandensis