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Chamaecrista rotundifolia
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Photo: Mark Hyde
By path near warden's house, Christon Bank
Photo: Mark Hyde
By path near warden's house, Christon Bank
Photo: Mark Hyde
By path near warden's house, Christon Bank
Photo: Mark Hyde
By path near warden's house, Christon Bank
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| Synonyms: |
Cassia rotundifolia Pers. |
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| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Prostrate annual or short-lived perennial herb. Stems up to c. 1 m long with long spreading hairs, slightly woody at the base. Leaves 2-foliolate; petiole 3-8 mm long. Leaflets broadly obovate to almost round, 1 - 4 cm long. Stipules lanceolate, 4-11 mm long. Flowers axillary, yellow on a long slender pedicel, 15 - 75 mm long. Pod linear, flattened, up to c. 50 × 5 mm. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | rotundifolia: round-leaved |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to tropical America |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 27 June 2010 |
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African Plant Database: Chamaecrista rotundifoliaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Chamaecrista rotundifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chamaecrista rotundifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Chamaecrista rotundifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Chamaecrista rotundifolia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Chamaecrista rotundifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chamaecrista rotundifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Chamaecrista rotundifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Chamaecrista rotundifolia
Tropicos: Chamaecrista rotundifolia
West African Plants database: Chamaecrista rotundifolia
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