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Crotalaria kipandensis
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Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr., North-Western Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr., North-Western Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr., North-Western Province
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| Synonyms: |
Crotalaria pseudokipandensis R.Wilczek |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual 20–60 cm tall, sometimes developing a few weak branches from near the base, densely pilose. Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet 2–4(5) × 0.6–1.2(1.5) cm, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, pilose on both surfaces; petiole 2–5 mm long; stipules 0. Racemes sessile, 4–20 cm long, densely many-flowered, with a few flowers developing in the axils below; bracts leaf-like, 6–12 mm long, linear-lanceolate; bracteoles 0. Calyx 5–8 mm long, densely silky pilose; upper lobes narrowly triangular-lanceolate, 2.5–4 times as long as the tube. Standard elliptic, pale yellow, red marked, silky tomentose outside; wings ± as long as the keel; keel 6–7 mm long, subangular, with a narrow twisted beak. Pod sessile, 6–8 × 4–5 mm, shortly ovoid-ellipsoid, pilose, 4–8-seeded. Seeds 2–2.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth, with or without a small aril. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | kipandensis: after Kipanda, the area of the type collection |
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| Flowering time: | Feb - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC (Katanga), Zambia and SE Tanzania south through Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe |
| Mozambique distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Annual. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 155. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 218. 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 47. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 202 - 203. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria kipandensisAfrican Plant Database: Crotalaria kipandensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria kipandensis
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria kipandensis
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