Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Leopard Rock Golf Course

Photo: Bart Wursten
Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post

Synonyms:	Cassia mimosoides L.
Common names:	Fishbone cassia (English)
Frequency:	Common
Status:	Native
Description:	Annual or short-lived perennial herb, sometimes prostrate but more commonly growing as an erect subshrub up to 1.2m.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat:	A plant of forest margins, grassland and disturbed ground and road sides.
Altitude range: (metres)	300 - 2000 m
Flowering time:	Nov - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in the tropics of Asia and Africa and S Africa
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:	AP
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):	Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Angled grass yellow) Eurema hecabe solifera (Common grass yellow)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 72. (Includes a picture).

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