Crotalaria leptocarpa Balf.f.

This species is native to NE. Tropical Africa to Kenya, Arabian Peninsula. (Ref. POWO; 2022). There are 7 species of Crotalaria found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Annual or perennial herb ; up to 30 cm long , woody at the base with many short slender strigulose much-branched stems . Stems prostrate to ascending , branching from the base , glabrous or sparsely appressed pubescent . Leaves 3-foliolate ; leaflets 5-20 (-25) x 2-5 mm , obovate to oblong or oblong to linear-lanceolate , sparsely pubescent or glabrous . Inflorescences in 3-12-flowered lax racemes . Flowers yellow ; calyx 3-5 mm , ± as long as the keel , 2-lipped , lobed into linear-lanceolate , acuminate lobes , pubescent , persistent ; corolla with standard petal pale yellow with dark purple or red veins ; wings much longer than the keel ; keel rounded , 4-5 mm , glabrous or sparsely hairy on the sides ; stamens all joined with 5 long and 5 short anthers . Fruit pods 7-20 x 5-6 mm , ellipsoid-globose , flattened laterally , baked at the apex , shortly pubescent , pale green tinged pink , c . 10–12-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Evaluated (NE)

الوفرة


Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Crotalaria dubia Balf.f. 

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Not known

الأسماء المحلية


Not available

الاستخدامات


Not recorded yet

المراجع


*https://en.wikipedia.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wiktionary.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

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