Crotalaria goreensis Guillemin & Perrottet

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Crotalaria L.
Tribe: Crotalarieae
References: [461]

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Other names:

• Crotalaria cylindrocarpa sensu auct. [Misapplied] [461]
  

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Common Names:

• Gambia Pea [1917]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Further editing:
  • 2001-06 Tozzi AM & Flores AS
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 2001-06 Tozzi AM & Flores AS
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Miscellaneous [461]
  
• Toxins [1919]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [461]
  • Benin [461]
  • Burkina [461]
  • Burundi [461]
  • Cameroon [461]
  • Central African Rep. [461]
  • Chad [461]
  • Congo [461]
  • Ethiopia [461]
  • Gabon [461]
  • Gambia The [461]
  • Ghana [461]
  • Guinea [461]
  • Guinea Bissau [461]
  • Ivory Coast [461]
  • Kenya [461]
  • Liberia [461]
  • Malawi [461]
  • Mali [461]
  • Mozambique [461]
  • Niger [461]
  • Nigeria [461]
  • Rwanda [461]
  • Senegal [461]
  • Sierra Leone [461]
  • Sudan [461]
  • Tanzania [461]
  • Togo [461]
  • Uganda [461]
  • Zaire [461]
  • Zambia [461]
  • Zimbabwe [461]

• Australasia [261] [1880]
  • Australia [1880]
    • New South Wales [1880]
    • Northern Territory [1880]
    • Queensland [1880]
    • Western Australia [1880]
  • Papua New Guinea [261]

• South America [2285] [3279]
  • Brazil [3279]
  • French Guiana [2285]
  • Guyana [2285]

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Notes:

• Used as a green manure outside its natural range (Polhill,1982,ref.461)>
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:08:09