Tephrosia obcordata (Poir.) Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Tephrosia

Characteristics

A herb. It has annual stems. It grows 80 cm high. It grows from a woody rootstock. It has whitish hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in sandy areas of the Sahel in West Africa. It can grow in arid places.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food food gene source medicinal non-vertebrate poison
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Tephrosia obcordata world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, and Chad

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520779-1
WFO ID wfo-0000201224
COL ID 55CZF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Requienia obcordata Borbonia obcordata Crotalaria ramiflora Podalyria obcordata Cracca obcordata Sophora senegalensis Tephrosia obcordata