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Crotalaria cephalotes
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Gold Dust township, Mazvikadei Dam
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Near to Umwinsi River
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Crotalaria cephalotes Steud. ex A.Rich. var. moeroensis Baker f. |
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| Status: | Native |
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Erect annual up to c. 80 cm tall with numerous ascending branches from the base, covered in long spreading hairs. Leaves mostly 3-foliate, spreading, mainly crowded just below inflorescence. Leaflets linear-oblanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, 15-50 mm long, densely hairy on both surfaces; petioles 5-25 mm long, narrowly winged; stipules absent. Flowers in dense subsessile heads or short racemes. Calyx densely hairy. Corolla pale yellow; standard marked red at the base inside and veined reddish and pubescent on the outside. Pods sessile, 4-6 mm long, almost round to egg-shaped, densely hairy. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread from Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Literature: |
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 66. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 217. 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 46. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 190 - 191. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 58. Polhill, R.M. (1982). Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Pages 311 - 312. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94. |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria cephalotes
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