Calpurnia aurea (Aiton)Benth.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Calpurnia E.Meyer
Tribe: Sophoreae
References: [210]

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Common Names:

• Natal Laburnum [541]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [210]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [29] [2159]
  • Angola-ISO [210]
  • Central African Rep. [210]
  • Ethiopia [210]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Mozambique [2159]
  • Somalia [216]
  • South Africa [210]
  • Sudan [29]
  • Swaziland [233]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [2159]
  • Zimbabwe [2159]

• Asia
  • India-ISO [210]

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Notes:

• 3 subspp.;aurea; sylvatica; indica; latter not in Africa (Brummitt 1967,r.541)
  
• C.H.Stirton (pers.comm.) does not consider subspp. worth recognising.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:16:01