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Synonyms: |
Crotalaria rotundicarinata Baker f. |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Bushy shrub 1‒3 m tall; branches ± densely covered with mostly slightly spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate; stipules linear to foliaceous. Racemes usually numerous, both terminal and leaf-opposed, laxly few-flowered. Pod 2.5‒3.8 cm long, shortly stipitate, subcylindrical, densely covered with fine spreading hairs. |
Type location: |
Tanzania |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | |
Habitat: | Montane forest margins and associated bushland or grassland, extending down valleys into miombo woodland, but probably never far from rivers or lakes. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 2200 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | FZ distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique; southern Tanzania |
National distribution: | N,E |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,Mc |
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Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Tuesday 19 September 2017 |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 32 - 33. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 155. Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 114. Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 114. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 96. |
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