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Cassia rotundifolia

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Name

Identification
Cassia rotundifolia Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Chamaecrista rotundifolia (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cassia serpens
  • Cassia fabaginifolia
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  • Cassia rotundifolia
  • Chamaecrista rotundifolia
  • Cassia bauhiniifolia
  • Cassia filipes
Common name
  • (Ilorin) epa-ilẹ (Clarke) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Cassia rotundifolia Pers. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Cassia rotundifolia Pers. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], Syn. 1: 456 (1805); Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 570.
Information
Subwoody herb, with prostrate branches up to 18 in. long radiating from the rootstock; flowers yellow; fruits blackish-brown when ripe; a weed locally common, introduced into our area.
Habitat
; a weed locally common, introduced into our area.
Distribution
G. C. Afringba, Keta (fl. & fr. Sept.) Akpabla 335!N. Nig. Zaria (fl. & fr. Dec.)S. Nig. Lagos (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Rowland! Abeokuta (fl. 8 fr. Feb.) Burtt B. 32! Ibadan (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Chizea FHI 20021! A native of tropical America.

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