Tephrosia retusa Burtt Davy

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Tephrosia

Characteristics

Stems flexuous, procumbent, erect or ascending, branching from the base and above, glabrous or slightly pubescent, dark brown. Leaves subsessile or very shortly petiolate, 3.5-7 cm long, 3-7-jugate; leaflets 0.8-2 cm long, 3.5-7 mm broad, oblong-oblanceolate, apices very much retuse, mucronulate, glabrous above, glabrescent or very sparsely pubescent below. Stipules subulate, 4-6 mm long. Peduncles terminal or leaf-opposed, laxly flowered, 3.5-15 cm long. Flower 1.7 cm long, pedicels 3-5 mm long; bracts lanceolate, narrow, about equalling the pedicels. Calyx thinly and shortly pubescent, tube 7 mm in diam., 3 mm long, lobes triangular-subulate, two upper lobes connate, very short, others 2-3 mm long. Vexillum thinly pubescent on back, 1.7 cm long, 1.8 cm broad. Ovary thinly pubescent. Style bearded. Legumes linear, very thinly and shortly pubescent, light brownish-yellow, 4.5-5 cm long, 4-5 mm broad.
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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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Distribution

Tephrosia retusa world distribution map, present in Thailand and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520864-1
WFO ID wfo-0000204035
COL ID 7C2B7
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Synonyms

Tephrosia retusa