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Cassia polytricha Brenan |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial shrubby herb, stems covered in straight,spreading hairs. Leaves paripinnate, 3.8-6 cm long with 32-60 pairs of leaflets, scattered hairy, mostly on the margins; petiole with a single circular gland. Stipules very narrowly triangular, 12.16 mm long, long acuminate. Inflorescences supra-axillary, 1-3-flowered. Sepals spreading hairy outside. Petals broadly obovate or elliptic, 8-13 mm long, yellow. Stamens 10, 4 longer than the others. Pods 4.5-5 cm long, sparsely hairy. |
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Habitat: | Grasslands, often montane. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 400 - 1700 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 5 September 2015 |
Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Page 133. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. As Chamaecrista polytricha Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 212. as Cassia polytricha polytricha 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 43. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 91. as Chamaecrista polytricha Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93. |
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