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Crotalaria pallidicaulis
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On quartz gravel; roadside
Lusaka SE, Kanyanja
Feb 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Crotalaria athroophylla I. Verd. Crotalaria multicolor Merxm. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub 1‒3(4) m tall, with hairy, sometimes glabrescent branches. Leaves often with short axillary shoots bearing a cluster of smaller leaves, stipules absent. Racemes with usually numerous laxly arranged flowers. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Miombo and other woodland types, rocky outcrops and gravelly slopes; around termite mounds |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | FZ distribution: Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana. Also: DRC (Katanga) & Tanzania |
| National distribution: | W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,C,Lk,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 26 September 2017 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 293. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 37. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 218. 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 47. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 93 - 94. Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 93 - 94. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 63. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 23. as Crotalaria arthroophylla |
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