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Crotalaria caudata
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Habit
Open riverside woodland
Kasonde area
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Open riverside woodland
Kasonde area
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Open riverside woodland
Kasonde area
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Seedpods
Open riverside woodland
Kasonde area
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Crotalaria harmsiana Taub. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect or decumbent, short-lived, branched perennial, up to 1.5m tall. Leaves closely arranged, sessile, 3-foliate. Leaflets mostly held erect, linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, up to 20 mm long, thinly hairy on both surfaces; margins rolled under; stipules absent. Flowers in numerous,2-3-flowered racemes or solitary along the main branches or on short lateral branchlets, sometimes axillary. Calyx 5-8 mm long, densely silky pubescent. Standard bright yellow; often tinged or marked reddish, pubescent towards the apex on the outside. Wings as long as the keel or shorter; keel 7-9 mm long rather narrow with a projecting sharp beak. Pods subsessile, 16-25 mm long, cylindrical, densely spreading hairy. |
| Type location: |
Angola, Cuanza Norte |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | caudata: abruptly ending in a long tail-like tip |
| Habitat: | In miombo woodland and grassland, often near swamps, rivers and vleis; also in disturbed places and scrub at higher altitudes. |
| Altitude range: | 450 - 1800 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,Mc,C |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 6 July 2020 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 66. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 217. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 244. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 46. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 121 - 123. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 58. Polhill, R.M. (1982). Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Page 139. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94. |
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