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Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.)Greene

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench

Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.)Greene [Accepted]
    Cassia L. mimosoides L. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (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-ISO (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
    India-ISO (N) [106]
  Australasia
    Australia (N) [106]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [106]; Mauritius (N) [106]
  
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]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,14]; Forage [1785,14,14]; Toxins; Weed; Environmental

  
NOTES:
  Extremely variable; taxonomically awkward;7 unnamed groups described in FTEA [106]
  Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.)Greene: Synonym (see ref.) [106]
  Cassia mimosoides L.: Accepted (see ref.) [106]
  Nodulation data from Cassia mimosoides L. [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

11.

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

14.

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

33.

   White,F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa
    The Vegetation of Africa

64.

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

112.

   Aubreville,A., 1967
    15.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flore du Gabon.Aubreville,A.
    15.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flore du Gabon.Aubreville,A.

1764.

   Thulin,M., 1989
    Nordic J.Bot. 8:457-488.new/noteworthy legumes NE Trop.Afr.
    Nordic J.Bot. 8:457-488.new/noteworthy legumes NE Trop.Afr.

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.
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