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Calpurnia aurea
aurea
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Belingwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Belingwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Belingwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Belingwe
Photo: Mark Hyde
Blue Kerry, Meg Coates Palgrave's garden
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| Synonyms: |
Calpurnia lasiogyne E. Mey. Calpurnia subdecandra (L'Hér.) Schweick. Podalyria aurea (Aiton) Willd. Robinia subdecandra L'Hér. Sophora aurea Aiton Virgilia aurea (Aiton) Lam. |
| Common names: | Wild laburnum (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree, up to 7 m tall, densely pubescent on young branches and inflorescences. Leaves imparipinnate, 6-24 cm long with 5-15 pairs of leaflets.Leaflets oblong-ovate to oblong-obovate, mostly 2.5-4 cm long, rounded to notched at the apex, sometimes mucronate, pubescent on both surfaces. Inflorescences in pendulous 8-26-flowered racemes, 7-24 cm long. Flowers golden yellow. Pod flattened, 5-12 cm long with a narrowly winged suture, straw-coloured to brown when mature. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | aurea: golden. |
| Habitat: | Along the margins of evergreen and riverine forest. |
| Altitude range: | Above 900 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Feb (-May) |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, CAR, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and eastern South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | M |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 9 August 2010 |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K. (1967). Calpurnia aurea (Ait.) Benth., a Cape species in Tropical Africa and Southern India Kirkia 6(1) Pages 123 - 132. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 287. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 355. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 217. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 244. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 46. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 53 - 55. (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 196 - 197. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Pages 22 - 23. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 210. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 452 - 453. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 528 - 529. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94. |
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