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Galactia longifolia

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Jacquin) Bentham

Propagation

S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Hispaniola
• Leeward Islands
• Paraguay
• Puerto Rico
• Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Savanna

Flowering Times

• Mar-Sep (Puerto Rico)
• Apr (Guadeloupe)

Fruiting Times

• Apr (Guadeloupe)
• Mar-Sep (Puerto Rico)

Slender herbaceous decumbent herb with twining branch tips, hairy stems. Trifoliolate leaves to 100mm x 15mm, strigulose above, strigose beneath. Axillary pseudo-racemes to 80mm long, toothed pilose calyx to 7mm long, 12mm magenta flowers, standard to 8mm x 4mm, claw to 1.5mm long, wings & keel 7mm x 2mm, white keel. Pubescent legume to 50mm x 5mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• SAFIO