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Crotalaria deserticola Baker f.

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria deserticola Baker f. [Accepted]
    Crotalaria camisassae Chiov. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria kikangaensis De Wild. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria rhopalocarpa Chiov. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Burundi (N) [461]; Ethiopia (N) [461]; Kenya (N) [461]
    Malawi (N) [461]; Mozambique (N) [461]; Rwanda (N) [461]
    Sudan (N) [461]; Tanzania (N) [461]; Uganda (N) [461]
    Zaire (N) [461]; Zambia (N) [461]; Zimbabwe (N) [461]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [461]
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands. [461]
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; woodland [461]
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [461]
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [461]
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [461], Somalia-Masai woodland [461]
    Zambezian grassland [461], Zambezian woodland [461]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone ; woodland. [461]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  2 subspp., d. & orientalis; former with 2 vars.(Polhill 1982,ref.461).


DATA SOURCES:

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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