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Chamaecrista rotundifolia

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Name

Identification
Cassia filipes Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Chamaecrista rotundifolia (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cassia serpens
  • Cassia fabaginifolia
  • 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

Information

Entry for Chamaecrista rotundifolia (Pers.) Greene [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Cassia rotundifolia Pers. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Chamaecrista rotundifolia (Pers.) Greene [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Common names
NIGERIA: YORUBA (Ilorin) epa-ilẹ (Clarke)
Uses
Agri-horticulture: weeds, parasites Agri-horticulture: fodder
References
A semi-woody prostrate herb of waste places, roadsides and disturbed soil, native of tropical America, but now occurring in many places in the Region.It is a weed of cultivated land. In tropical America it occurs, sometimes quite abundantly, in rough past
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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