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Cyclopia falcata (Harvey)Kies

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HIGHER TAXON: Podalyrieae

GENUS: Cyclopia Vent.

Cyclopia falcata (Harvey)Kies [Accepted]
    Cyclopia subternata Vogel {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bush tea [408]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    South Africa (N) [408]
  
HABITATS: -
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Habit: Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1785,408]

  
NOTES:
  2 varieties, falcata & ovata (Kies 1951,ref.408).
  Kies treated C.subternata as a good species. Bond & Goldblatt(r.278) sink it.
  Treated as a good sp. with two vars. by Gibbs Russell (ref.279).


DATA SOURCES:

408.

   Kies,P., 1951
    Bothalia 6:161-176. Revision of the genus Cyclopia .....
    Bothalia 6:161-176. Revision of the genus Cyclopia .....

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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