[Home | Scientific names | Indexes]

Chamaecrista comosa E.Meyer

Email comments
HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench

Chamaecrista comosa E.Meyer [Accepted]
    Cassia L. comosa (E.Meyer)Vogel {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Malawi (N) [106]; Mozambique (N) [106]
    South Africa (N) [106]; Swaziland (N) [107]
    Tanzania (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [106]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [106], Zambezian woodland [106]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  FSA recognises three varieties. [106]
  Chamaecrista comosa E.Meyer: Synonym (see ref.) [106]
  Cassia comosa (E.Meyer)Vogel: Accepted (see ref.) [106]
  Nodulation data from Cassia comosa Vogel [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

106.

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

107.

   Ross,J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
Email comments
[Home | Scientific names | Indexes]
*** ILDIS Database Version 1.06.11 March 1990 ***
© ILDIS, 1990
Web last revised:  19/09/2012,  11:34:04    Aweb for Alice overview