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Crotalaria cylindrostachys
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Protea Hill Farm
Mar 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
Protea Hill Farm
Mar 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual 0.3‒1.2 m tall, with usually numerous hirsute ascending branches. Leaves shortly petiolate, 1-foliolate, pilose, often sparsely so, on both surfaces; stipules 4‒8 mm long, filiform. Racemes up to 17(23) cm long, dense, many-flowered; bracts 5‒7 mm long, filiform. Pod sessile, 6‒8 mm long, subglobose, densely brown villous, 2-seeded. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | cylindrostachys = cylindrical spike, referring to the shape of the inflorescence |
| Habitat: | Miombo and mopane woodland, disturbed places, often on sand or on damp spots. |
| Altitude range: | 250 - 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Feb - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | FZ distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe; Angola, Tanzania |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc,Lk,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 4 September 2017 |
| Literature: |
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 47. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 149. Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 149. |
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Flora of Malawi: Crotalaria cylindrostachysFlora of Zimbabwe: Crotalaria cylindrostachys
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria cylindrostachysAfrican Plant Database: Crotalaria cylindrostachys
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria cylindrostachys
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria cylindrostachys
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JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria cylindrostachys
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria cylindrostachys
Plants of the World Online: Crotalaria cylindrostachys
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