Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Crotalaria lunata Polhill.

Crotalaria lunata Polhill

HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria lunata Polhill [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [461];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [261, 461]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Habit: Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

USES:
	Environmental [261, 461]

NOTES:
  Often misidentified as C.semperflorens Vent. [261]


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.		Verdcourt, B., 1979
		A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

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