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Crotalaria shirensis (Baker f.)Milne-Redh.

HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria shirensis (Baker f.)Milne-Redh. [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Angola (N) [461]; Burundi (N) [461]; Cameroon (N) [461]; Kenya (N) [461]; Malawi (N) [461]; Mozambique (N) [461]; Tanzania (N) [461]; Zambia (N) [461]; Zimbabwe (N) [461]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian grasslands [461];
    Sudanian woodland [461];
    Zambezian grassland [461];
    Zambezian woodland [461];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [210, 461] ; Distribution Map [461] ; Illustration [210, 461]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.		Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
		Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

461.		Polhill, R.M., 1982
		A.A.Balkema,Rotterdam 389pp Crotalaria in Africa & Madagasca