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Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.)R.Dahlgren

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Aspalathus L.

Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.)R.Dahlgren [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    South Africa (N) [520]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cape shrubland (fynbos). [520], Cultivated [520]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1813]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1813,520]

  
NOTES:
  3 subspp.;linearis;pinifolia;latipetala (Dahlgren 1968, ref.520).


DATA SOURCES:

520.

   Dahlgren,R., 1968
    Bot.Not.121:165-208.Revision of the genus Aspalathus.II.7
    Bot.Not.121:165-208.Revision of the genus Aspalathus.II.7

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.

1813.

   Dart,P., 1998
    Biol.Nit.Fixation for 21st Cent.pp.667-670.Nit.Fix.Trop.Tree
    Biol.Nit.Fixation for 21st Cent.pp.667-670.Nit.Fix.Trop.Tree
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