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Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.)Greene

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench

Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.)Greene [Preferred name]
    Cassia angustissima Lam. {Synonym}
    Cassia mimosoides L. {Synonym}
    Cassia nictitans sensu Stickman, non L. {Misapplied}
    Cassia procumbens sensu Stickman, non L. {Synonym}
    Cassia sensitiva Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Mateloi [2265]; Mateloi Lalahi [2265]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [106]; Benin (N) [11]; Botswana (N) [8]; Burkina (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [11]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [106]; Gabon (N) [112]; Gambia The (N) [106]; Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [8]; Ivory Coast (N) [106]; Kenya (N) [106]; Liberia (N) [106]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [106]; Mauritania (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [106]; Namibia (N) [107]; Niger (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [106]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [8]; Senegal (N) [11]; Sierra Leone (N) [106]; Somalia (N) [1764]; South Africa (N) [106]; Sudan (N) [106]; Swaziland (N) [107]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Togo (N) [11]; Uganda (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [106]; Zambia (N) [106]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3091]; Bhutan (N) [3634]; Cambodia (N) [1935]; China (N) [1929, 3407, 3963]; India (N) [106, 1914, 1944, 1947, 3017, 3027, 3028, 3040, 3043, 3091, 3094, 3116, 3140, 3366, 3373, 3375, 3377, 3391, 3584, 3587, 3590, 3594, 3614, 3615, 3635, 3911]; Andhra Pradesh [3635]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3587]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [1944]; Kerala [3614]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3116]; Manipur [3391]; Meghalaya [3043]; Mizoram [3391]; Nagaland [3615]; Orissa [3366]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3594]; West Bengal [3091]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (U) [1936, 3911]; Bali [3911]; Jawa (N) [3911]; Laos (N) [1935]; Malaysia (U) [1936, 2111, 3911]; Moluccas (N) [3911]; Nepal (N) [3633]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (U) [1936, 3911]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sri Lanka (N) [2023]; Sulawesi (N) [3911]; Sumatera (N) [3911]; Taiwan (I) [1929]; Thailand (N) [2002]; Vietnam (N) [1935]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [106, 1880, 3963]; New South Wales [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Western Australia [1880]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (U) [3082]; Madagascar (N) [106]; Mauritius (N) [106]; Nicobar Is (N) [3391]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [106, 1941]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (I) [1939]; Yemen (I) [1939]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; Niue (I) [2266]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Samoa-JML (I) [2265]; Tonga (I) [2265]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transitional zone; wooded grassland. [33];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [106];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [106];
    Sudanian grasslands [11];
    Sudanian woodland [11];
    Zambezian grassland [106];
    Zambezian woodland [106];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone ; woodland. [106];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 113, 261, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1935, 1941, 1947, 2002, 2023, 2111, 2266, 3001, 3391, 3407, 3898, 3911] ; Distribution Map [152] ; Illustration [113, 1917, 1919, 1935, 2002, 3001, 3391, 3407]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1941] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261] [1941], Shrub ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [1915], Perennial [1915] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova M

  
USES:
  Environmental [3911]; Forage [14, 1919]; Medicine [14, 3391, 3633, 3636]; Toxins [1919]; Weed [1915, 2265]

  
NOTES:
  Older collections from Reunion are C.telfairiana. [1915]
  Probably indigenous to continental S.E.Asia. [2002]
  C.mimosiodes and C.leschenaultiana are fairly distinct in Thailand. [2002]
  Plant form can vary. [261]
  Possibly indigenous to S.E.Asia and introduced to Malaysia. [3911]
  Leaves sensitive. [3911]
  DeWit(1955) distinguished a "forma perennis". [3911]

  
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