Crotalaria capensis Jacq.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Crotalaria L.
Tribe: Crotalarieae
References: [461][1915]

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Other names:

• Crotalaria arborescens Lam. [Synonym] [1915]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • 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:

• Environmental [2265] [461]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Kenya [8]
  • Malawi [461]
  • Mozambique [461]
  • South Africa [461]
  • Swaziland [461]
  • Zimbabwe [461]

• Pacific Ocean [2265]
  • New Zealand(North) [2265]

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Notes:

• Records from Zaire very dubious (Polhill, 1982, ref.461).
  
• Cultivated on Reunion & Mauritius until the beginning of the 19th Century. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:07:56