Tephrosia virgata H.M.L.Forbes

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Tephrosia

Characteristics

Small, somewhat shrubby plant. Stems when young, slender, appressedly albo-pubescent, when old, woody and almost black in colour. Leaves simple, sessile or subsessile, linear-lanceolate, mucro retuse, small, glabrous above, appressedly pubescent below, 1.5-2.5 cm long, up to 2 mm broad. Stipules narrow, linear-subulate, up to 1 mm long. Flowers axillary, in pairs, 4 mm long. Pedicels slender, 4 mm long. Calyx softly pilose, lobes equalling the tube, ciliate. Vexillum 4 mm long, 3 mm broad; carina eared at base. Style bearded. Legume linear, flattened, thinly appressedly pubescent, 1.5 cm long, 3 mm broad, 2-4 seeded.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Usage

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Cultivation

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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 virgata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520998-1
WFO ID wfo-0000204534
COL ID 7BQCK
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Synonyms

Tephrosia virgata