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Castanospermum australe Cunn. & Fraser

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HIGHER TAXON: Sophoreae

GENUS: Castanospermum Cunn.

Castanospermum australe Cunn. & Fraser [Accepted]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Moreton Bay chestnut [210]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Kenya (I) [210]; South Africa (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [210]
    Uganda (I) [210]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Australasia
    Australia (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Environmental [1785,210]; Miscellaneous; Food and Drink; Toxins; Wood;

  
NOTES:
  Examination for nodules possibly not adequate [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

8.

   Lock,J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

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

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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