Tephrosia purpurea subsp. leptostachya (Dc.) Brummitt

Subspecies

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Characteristics

A small shrub. It can grow each year from seeds or keep growing for a few years. It grows 1 m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It can tolerate frost. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 900-1,500 mm. It grows in deep, dry, sandy soils. It grows between sea level to 1,500 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are eaten as a green vegetable.
Uses animal food environmental use food manure material medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible leaves
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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Distribution

Tephrosia purpurea subsp. leptostachya world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Benin, Brazil, Botswana, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Comoros, Djibouti, Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520510-1
WFO ID wfo-0000203894
COL ID 5LG28
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 809279
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Synonyms

Tephrosia transvaalensis Tephrosia delagoensis Tephrosia leptostachya Tephrosia laurentii Tephrosia sinaitica Tephrosia desertorum Tephrosia sparsiflora Cracca leptostachya Tephrosia purpurea subsp. leptostachya Tephrosia incana var. horizontalis Tephrosia purpurea var. supina Tephrosia purpurea var. supina Tephrosia purpurea var. gracilis Tephrosia purpurea var. pubescens