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Synonyms: |
Crotalaria recta Steud. ex A. Rich. subsp. simplex (A. Rich.) Baker f. Crotalaria recta Steud. ex A. Rich. var. katangensis Robyns ex R. Wilczek Crotalaria simplex A. Rich. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial, usually with several erect, hollow, ribbed, appressed pubescent stems, usually 1–2 m tall. Leaves 3-foliolate (rarely 5); leaflets linear-lanceolate, oblanceolate-elliptic, elliptic or obovate, mostly 2–14 cm long, pubescent beneath; petiole 2–6 cm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, up to 9 mm long. Racemes many-flowered, 15–50 cm long; bracts linear-lanceolate, 6–11 mm long. Calyx 9–12 mm long, hairless or pubescent with triangular lobes more or less as long as the tube or longer. Standard subcircular, yellow, veined and suffused purplish at the base inside, hairless or with a few hairs at the apex outside; wings longer than the keel with a dark mark at the base; keel 1.2–1.5 cm long, with a short incurved twisted beak. Pod on a short stipe, broadly oblong-club-shaped, 4.5–6.5 cm long, hairless, c. 26–34-seeded. |
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Habitat: | In upland grassland, high-rainfall miombo, along forest margins, streams and dambos, sometimes in disturbed places. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1050 - 2000 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | From Nigeria to Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Angola, southeastern DRC, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 17 July 2019 |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 30 - 31. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 156. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 67. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 218. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 182 - 183. (Includes a picture). 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 167 - 168. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 59. |
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