WorldFloraDB - Uraria picta

Characteristics

Erect subshrub 0.2–1.8 m. tall.. Stems scabrid with short hairs.. Lower leaves 1–3-foliolate, upper 5–9-foliolate; leaflets of lower leaves ovate, 2–8 cm. long, 2–3.2 cm. wide, of upper leaves ovate-lanceolate, 7–25 cm. long, 0.5–2.5(–4) cm. wide, subacute and mucronulate at the apex, rounded at the base, often variegated, glabrescent and shining above, scabrid and strongly reticulate beneath.. Inflorescences with a rhachis 10–70 cm. long; peduncles 0–5 cm. long, scabrid; pedicels at first erect, later inflexed, 6–9 mm. long, covered with long deciduous hairs and denser short persistent hook-tipped hairs; bracts pinkish, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate-caudate, comose, 1.4–2.5 cm. long, 2–8 mm. wide, deciduous.. Calyx-tube puberulous, 2 mm. long; lobes 2–3 and 4–5 mm. long, covered with long, white or brownish tubercular-based hairs.. Corolla pink, bluish or reddish, glabrous; standard obovate, 8–9 mm. long, 5–6 mm. wide.. Pods 5–9 mm. long, of 3–6 segments, each 2–3 mm. wide, shining, brown to blackish then whitish-grey.. Seeds yellowish-brown, compressed, oblong-ellipsoid, longest dimension 2–2.5 mm., shorter dimension 1.5–2 mm., 0.8 mm. thick.. Fig. 67.

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Subshrubs or shrubs. Stems erect, 1-2 m tall, gray strigose. Leaves imparipinnate, 5-or 7(or 9)-foliolate; petiole 4-7 cm; leaflet blades linear-oblong or narrowly lanceolate, terminal one 4.5-13 × 1-2 cm, abaxially densely hairy on veins, adaxially pubescent along midvein and basal margin, base rounded, apex narrowly acute. Racemes terminal, 10-30 cm. Pedicel 5-6 mm, elongated to 8 mm after anthesis, apically hooked. Calyx 5-parted, long hairy and ciliate; lower lobes slightly longer than upper. Corolla pink or pale blue, 5-6 mm; standard obovate, long clawed; wings auriculate, 4-7 mm, base shortly auriculate; keel ca. as long as wings, upper parts curved. Ovary glabrous, 3-5-ovuled. Legume lead-colored, lucid, glabrous, 3-5-jointed; articles ca. 3 × 2 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Oct. 2n = 16, 22.

Flowers small, pink or purplish in dense villous spike-like racemes which may be over a foot long

Commonly 1–3 ft. high, sometimes taller

Leaves sometimes variegated

Fruits small, pearly-grey

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.65 - 1.9

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

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Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

rhizobia

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Grassy slopes at elevations from 400-1,500 metres.

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In grassland.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	animal food environmental use food material medicinal poison social use
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Anus (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Chill (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Fracture (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Prolapse (unspecified), Heart (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
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Distribution

Conservation status

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524417-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000178000
COL ID	7DP2G
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Uraria picta Hedysarum pictum Desmodium pictum Doodia picta Uraria leucantha Uraria linearis Uraria aphrodisiaca Uraria picta var. paucifoliata

WorldFloraDB 2024

Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Uraria