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Status: | Native |
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Small shrub, 1-2m tall. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic-oblong, oblanceolate or obovate, 1-4 cm long, hairless above, pubescent beneath; margins often rolled under; petiole 5-16 mm long. Stipules 1-4 mm long, triangular-lanceolate, recurved. Flowers in few-flowered racemes or sometimes solitary, terminal, often on short lateral branches; bracts up to 2.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate; bracteoles inserted on the pedicel, small and filiform. Standard subcircular, yellow, sometimes with darker lines or reddish tinge; wings longer than the keel; keel 7-10 mm long, strongly rounded and crested behind a short beak. Pods 2-3 cm long, subcylindrical, pubescent. |
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Derivation of specific name: | gazensis: of Gazaland, a historic name for Southern Mozambique. |
Habitat: | Along margins of montane forest and grassland or bracken scrub, sometimes in miombo woodland |
Altitude range: (metres) | 800 - 2200 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
National distribution: | N,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 25 April 2012 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 290. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 218. 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 47. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 114 - 115. Polhill, R.M. (1982). Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Page 126. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 96. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94. As Crotalaria gazensis |
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