Crotalaria teretifolia Milne-Redh.

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit

Inconspicuous erect wiry annual, up to 2·5 dm. tall, sometimes much branched.

Morphology Stem

Stem very slender, glabrous.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves subsessile, simple; blades mostly terete, with a median groove along the upper surface, sometimes linear-oblanceolate, up to 20–40 mm. long, less than 1 mm. wide, acute,glabrous.

Morphology Leaves Stipules

Stipules filiform, ± 1 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes lax, ± 3–5 cm. long, with usually 1–3 flowers on the filiform rhachis; bracts minute; bracteoles inserted at the top of the pedicel, similar to the bract.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 1–5–2·5 mm. long, with a few appressed hairs; lobes triangular-acuminate, a little longer than the tube.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard elliptic, pale yellow, with a darker red-fringed mark at the base inside, finely brown veined and glabrous outside; wings bright yellow, much shorter than the keel; keel bent at right-angles in the lower third, with a long narrow distinctly recurved untwisted beak, 4·5–5·5 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod sessile, narrowly cylindrical, up to 7–8 mm. long, 2 mm. across, thinly appressed pubescent, ± 12–15-seeded.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds cordiform, ± 1 mm. long, smooth, reddish-brown.

Figures

Fig. 130/12–20, p. 947.

Habitat

Sandy places in Brachystegia woodland and along roadsides, also pockets of soil on rock outcrops; 1180–1650 m.

Distribution

T4 T7 T8

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian grassland

Morphology General Habit

Annual, Not climbing, Herb

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit

Inconspicuous erect wiry annual, up to 25 cm tall, sometimes much branched; stem very slender, glabrous.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves subsessile, simple; blades c. 20–40 × 0.3–0.8 mm, mostly terete, with a median groove along the upper surface, sometimes linear-oblanceolate, glabrous; stipules up to 1 mm long, setaceous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers and fruits similar to C.shirensis.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 1.5–2.5 mm long, with a few appressed hairs.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Keel 4.5–5.5 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod (6)7–8 × 2 mm, c. 12–15-seeded.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19893069/20053290

Conservation

LC - least concern