Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.)E.Greene

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench
Tribe: Cassieae
References: [1774][1941]

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Other names:

• Cassia angustissima Lam. [Synonym] 
  
• Cassia mimosoides L. [Synonym] [1774][1941]
  
• Cassia sensitiva Roxb. [Synonym] 
  

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Common Names:

• Mateloi [2265]
  
• Mateloi Lalahi [2265]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Forage [14] [1919]
  
• Medicine [14]
  
• Toxins [1919]
  
• Weed [1915] [2265]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [1764]
  • Angola-ISO [106]
  • Benin [11]
  • Botswana [8]
  • Burkina [8]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [11]
  • Chad [64]
  • Ethiopia [106]
  • Gabon [112]
  • Gambia The [106]
  • Ghana [11]
  • Guinea [11]
  • Guinea Bissau [8]
  • Ivory Coast [106]
  • Kenya [106]
  • Liberia [106]
  • Malawi [8]
  • Mali [106]
  • Mauritania [8]
  • Mozambique [106]
  • Namibia-ISO [107]
  • Niger [11]
  • Nigeria [106]
  • Sao Tome & Principe [8]
  • Senegal [11]
  • Sierra Leone [106]
  • Somalia [1764]
  • South Africa [106]
  • Sudan [106]
  • Swaziland [107]
  • Tanzania [106]
  • Togo [11]
  • Uganda [106]
  • Zaire [106]
  • Zambia [106]
  • Zimbabwe [8]

• Asia [1914] [1929] [1935] [1936] [2002] [2023]
  • Cambodia [1935]
  • China [1929]
  • India-ISO [106] [1914]
  • Indonesia-ISO [1936]
  • Laos [1935]
  • Malaysia-ISO [1936]
  • Philippines [1936]
  • Sri Lanka [2023]
  • Taiwan [1929]
  • Thailand [2002]
  • Vietnam [1935]

• Australasia [1880]
  • Australia [106] [1880]
    • New South Wales [1880]
    • Northern Territory [1880]
    • Queensland [1880]
    • Western Australia [1880]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [1941] [3082]
  • Aldabra [3082]
  • Madagascar [106]
  • Mauritius [106]
  • Reunion [1915]
  • Seychelles [106] [1941]

• Middle East [1939]
  • Saudi Arabia [1939]
  • Yemen [1939]

• Pacific Ocean [2235] [2264] [2265] [2266]
  • Fiji [2264]
  • Niue [2266]
  • Northern Marianas [2235]
  • Samoa-JML [2265]
  • Tonga [2265]

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Notes:

• Extremely variable; taxonomically awkward;7 unnamed groups described in FTEA
  
• Naturalised fairly recently on Reunion (Polhill, 1990). [1915]
  
• Older collections from Reunion are C.telfairiana. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:50:30