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Calpurnia aurea (Aiton)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Sophoreae

GENUS: Calpurnia E.Meyer

Calpurnia aurea (Aiton)Benth. [Accepted]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Natal laburnum [541]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Central African Rep. (N) [210]
    Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Somalia (N) [216]
    South Africa (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [233]
    Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Asia
    India-ISO (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane forest [210], Cultivated [210], Somalia-Masai forest [210]
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; forest [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Environmental [1785,210]

  
NOTES:
  3 subspp.;aurea; sylvatica; indica; latter not in Africa (Brummitt 1967,r.541)
  C.H.Stirton (pers.comm.) does not consider subspp. worth recognising.


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

216.

   Torre,A.R. et al., 1966
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez

233.

   Compton,L., 1966
    Flora of Swaziland.J.S.Afr.Bot.Suppl.Vol.11
    Flora of Swaziland.J.S.Afr.Bot.Suppl.Vol.11

541.

   Brummitt,R.K., 1967
    Kirkia 6:123-132.Calpurnia aurea, a Cape species in Trop.Afr
    Kirkia 6:123-132.Calpurnia aurea, a Cape species in 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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