Tephrosia platycarpa Guill. & Perr.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Tephrosia

Characteristics

Stems annual 6–12 in. high, woody at base
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An annual herb. It grows 25 cm high.
Pink or purple flowers
Thinly grey-silky
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.28
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry soils. It can be in savannah woodland or coastal sands. It can grow in arid places.
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In grassy roadsides, etc.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The seed oil is used in cooking.
Uses animal food environmental use food medicinal oil 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
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Tephrosia platycarpa world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Chad, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520821-1
WFO ID wfo-0000203715
COL ID 55D2M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tephrosia ansellii Cracca platycarpa Cracca ansellii Tephrosia platycarpa