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Crotalaria astragalina

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Identification
Crotalaria astragalina Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Polhill,R., Crotalaria impressa Nees [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Crotalaria astragalina
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  • Crotalaria impressa
  • Crotalaria pycnostachya
  • Crotalaria striata
Common name
  • di su (Har.) (LIBERIA, MANO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • fatantan (Soares fide D’Orey & Liberato) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • ndσgbσ-jεgbσlo (FCD) ndσgbσ-jεgbula (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for CROTALARIA astragalina Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
CROTALARIA astragalina Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 808. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 155.
CROTALARIA striata A. Br. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Flora, 1841, 280 non DC.
CROTALARIA impressa Nees. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Cat. Sem. Wrat. 1841, 3?
Information
Stems about a foot long, slender, herbaceous, copiously and diffusely branched, slightly silky upwards. Stipules obsolete. Petioles 1/2–1 in. long, erecto-patent, glabrous. Leaflets 3 subsessile oblanceolate, central 1–1 1/2 in. long, 1/4 in. broad, mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower slightly silky. Flowers in copious long-stalked dense lateral racemes of 6–12 each. Bracts minute. Pedicel 1 line, cernuous. Calyx thinly silky, 1/8 in. deep, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching halfway down. Corolla 1/4 in. long; standard yellow, conspicuously veined with purple, keel sharply upcurved. Pod sessile, cylindrical, 1/2– 5/8 in. long, 2 lines thick, silky when young, 10–14-seeded.
Distribution
Nubia Nile Land Ehrenberg (fide Schweinfurth).Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Quartin-Dillon.

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