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Senna italica
arachoides
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By rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
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By rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
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By rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
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By road from Birchenough Bridge-Masvingo Rd to Lake Kyle Recreational Park entrance gate
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By road from Birchenough Bridge-Masvingo Rd to Lake Kyle Recreational Park entrance gate
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By road from Birchenough Bridge-Masvingo Rd to Lake Kyle Recreational Park entrance gate
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| Synonyms: |
Cassia arachoides Burch. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate or ascending perennial herb or small shrub, up to 60 cm high, growing from a woody base. Leaves paripinnate with 4-8 pairs of leaflets and a small reddish gland between each leaflet pair on the rhachis; leaflets obovate with a somewhat asymmetric base, up to 3.5 × 2 cm, the ultimate pair largest, slightly pubescent or hairless above, more densely hairy on the margin and midrib below; apex often mucronate. Inflorescences axillary, many-flowered, 7-26 cm long. Flowers yellow to orange. Pod often somewhat curved, flat with distinct raised crests over the seeds, dehiscent. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | italica: of Italy |
| Habitat: | In rocky and gravelly soils in dry open woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | (This subspecies) Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | Catopsilia florella (African migrant, African vagrant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 25 January 2013 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Senna italicaAfrican Plant Database: Senna italica
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Senna italica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Senna italica
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Senna italica
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Senna italica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Senna italica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Senna italica
JSTOR Plant Science: Senna italica
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Senna italica
Tropicos: Senna italica
West African Plants database: Senna italica
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