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Chamaecrista nigricans (Vahl)Greene

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench

Chamaecrista nigricans (Vahl)Greene [Preferred name]
    Cassia nigricans Vahl {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [106]; Benin (N) [11]; Burkina (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [111]; Central African Rep. (N) [106]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [106]; Gambia The (N) [106]; Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [106]; Mali (N) [11]; Niger (N) [8]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Senegal (N) [106]; Sudan (N) [106]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Uganda (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [106]
  Asia
India (N) [106, 1914, 3027, 3095, 3374, 3391, 3637]; Andhra Pradesh [3391]; Karnataka [3095]; Kerala [3374]; Maharashtra [1914]; Tamil Nadu [3027]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [106]; Yemen (N) [106]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [106];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [106];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [106];
    Sudanian grasslands [106];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [106];
    Zambezian grassland [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 113, 3019, 3391, 3637] ; Illustration [24, 149, 3391, 3637]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Medicine [14, 3391]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

14.

  Dalziel, J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

111.

  Aubreville, A., 1965
    9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy

113.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae

149.

  Valenti, G.S., 1971
    Webbia 26:1-99. Adumbr.Fl.Aeth.;Caesalpin; gen.Cassia.

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

3019.

  Cooke, T., 1903
    The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol.1

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3095.

  Arora, R.K. et al., 1981
    The botany of south Kanara district

3374.

  Manilal, K.S. & Siverajan, V.V., 1982
    Flora of Calicut

3391.

  Singh, V., 2001
    Monograph on Indian Subtribe Cassiinae (Caesalpiniaceae)

3637.

  Singh, V., 1987
    J.Econ.Taxon.Bot.10:321-327. Genus Cassia-some new taxa...
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