Entry for CROTALARIA lotifolia Linn. [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 lotifoliaLinn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], DC. Prod. ii. 134.
Information
Fruticose, with straight finely grey-silky branches. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous. Petioles 1 1/2–2 in., erecto-patent. Leaflets 3, obovate-oblong, glabrous above, finely grey-silky below, bluntish, emarginate or faintly mucronate, reaching 2–3 in. long, 12–18 lines broad. Flowers 1–4 together in the axils of many of the leaves, if more than one racemose or umbellate. Pedicels 3–6 lines. Bracts linear, very minute. Calyx 3/8 in., finely grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla nearly twice the calyx, yellow, faintly veined. Pod distinctly-stalked, glabrescent, 1 1/2–2 in. long, 1/2 in. broad, 12–15-seeded.
Range
A well-known very distinct West India species.
Distribution
Congo Lower Guinea Dr. Welwitsch!Cape Coast Upper Guinea Dr. Vogel!
