Tephrosia laxiflora R.E.Fr.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Tephrosia

Characteristics

Leaves with (0)1–3(4) pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet subsessile; petiole 2–5(6.5) cm long, petiole and rachis together 2–9(12) cm long, glabrous or subglabrous; leaflets 3–8(11) × (0.2)0.3–0.8(1.4) cm, linear-elliptic to linear, ±cuneate at the base, acute to rounded at the apex, the veins ±conspicuously prominent on both surfaces; upper surface glabrous, lower surface sparsely and shortly appressed-pubescent to subglabrous; stipules 6–13 × 0.7–1.2 mm, linear-triangular, often falcate.
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Calyx 3–5.5 mm long, fairly densely shortly appressed-pubescent; upper teeth connate for ½–5/6 their length to form a rather broad triangle, the upper and lateral teeth usually slightly shorter than the tube, the lower tooth about equalling it.
Perennial suffrutex with a woody underground stock and herbaceous, erect, simple or 1(2)-branched stems up to 45(75) cm high with 2–5 leaves per stem.
Petals pale purplish or pink, or yellow with pink markings; standard (10)12–18 mm long, cuneate to subcordate at the base.
Flowers in ±lax terminal racemes mostly 10–27 cm long; bracts 6–7 × 1 mm, quickly falling; pedicels 3–7(11) mm long.
Pods 35–60 × 3.5–4(5) mm, shortly pubescent with appressed or irregular hairs.
Stems glabrous to sparsely and very shortly appressed-pubescent.
Ovary pubescent; style pubescent.
Staminal tube joined above.
Seeds 8–12.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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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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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520682-1
WFO ID wfo-0000203104
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Synonyms

Tephrosia laxiflora