Tephrosia subulata Hutch. & Burtt Davy

Species

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Characteristics

Suffruticose, stems erect or ascending. Leaves pinnate, 4-8-jugate, 5-10 cm long; leaflets 1-4.3 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm broad, oblong, retuse, mucronulate. Stipules broad, more or less ovate, striate, sparsely ciliate and pilose without. Peduncles terminal and axillary, up to 2 cm long, few flowered. Flowers 1.5-2 cm long; bracts acute, 5-7 mm long, striate, subglabrous, caducous; pedicels 6 mm long. Calyx-tube 2.5-3 mm long, 8 mm in diam., lobes linear-subulate, 4-7 mm long, much longer than the tube, subglabrous. Vexillum 1.5-1.7 cm long. 1.1-1.8 cm broad, pubescent without. Ovary 1.1-1.5 cm long, thinly hairy along the sutures. Style 5 mm long, bearded along the inner side. Immature pods 4.5 cm long, 0.6 cm broad, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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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 subulata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520947-1
WFO ID wfo-0000204408
COL ID 55D63
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Synonyms

Tephrosia subulata