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Crotalaria goreensis Guillemin & Perrottet

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria goreensis Guillemin & Perrottet [Accepted]
    Crotalaria cylindrocarpa sensu auctt. {Misapplied Name}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [461]; Benin (N) [461]; Burkina (N) [461]
    Burundi (N) [461]; Cameroon (N) [461]
    Central African Rep. (N) [461]; Chad (N) [461]
    Congo (N) [461]; Ethiopia (N) [461]; Gabon (N) [461]
    Gambia The (N) [461]; Ghana (N) [461]; Guinea (N) [461]
    Guinea Bissau (N) [461]; Ivory Coast (N) [461]
    Kenya (N) [461]; Liberia (N) [461]; Malawi (N) [461]
    Mali (N) [461]; Mozambique (N) [461]; Niger (N) [461]
    Nigeria (N) [461]; Rwanda (N) [461]; Senegal (N) [461]
    Sierra Leone (N) [461]; Sudan (N) [461]
    Tanzania (N) [461]; Togo (N) [461]; Uganda (N) [461]
    Zaire (N) [461]; Zambia (N) [461]; Zimbabwe (N) [461]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands. [461]
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; grassland. [461]
    Guineo-Congolian grasslands [461], Sudanian bushland and thicket
    Sudanian grasslands [461], Sudanian woodland [210,461]
    Zambezian grassland [461]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Miscellaneous [1785,461]; Toxins; Environmental

  
NOTES:
  Used as a green manure outside its natural range (Polhill,1982,ref.461)>


DATA SOURCES:

210.

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

461.

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

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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