Fodder Stylo Hamata Grass Seeds

Description:

• The Caribbean stylo (Stylosanthes hamata (L.)Taub.) is a semi-erect, annual or short-lived perennial tropical legume, up to 75 cm high.
• Its stems are slender, multi-branched, non-determinate and pubescent on one side but without bristles, unlike the Townsville stylo, Stylosanthes humilis, which has many bristles.
• The leaves are trifoliate with shiny, lanceolate leaflets, 19-37 mm long and 3-6 mm broad.
• The inflorescence is a compact oblong spike bearing 8 to 14 small, yellow, hairy and papillonaceous flowers.
• The single-seeded pods are erect and segmented.
• The upper segment is glabrous and hooked, 6-7 mm long including the length of the hook (Cameron, 2010; Cook et al., 2005).
• The seeds are kidney-shaped, dark brown, mottled and 2-2.5 mm long.
• There is a wide range of Caribbean stylo genotypes, differing in their ploidy.