Crotalaria goodiiformis Vatke

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Along road to Mueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza

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Synonyms:	Crotalaria saxatilis Vatke
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Frequency:	Occasional
Status:	Native
Description:	Small shrub up to 3 m tall but usually much smaller and less than 1 m high. Leaves 3-foliolate with leaflets broadly oblanceolate, elliptic or obovate, 1–5 cm long, with sparse long hairs on both surfaces; petiole slender, shorter to a little longer than leaflets; stipules filiform, 1–4 mm long. Racemes few-flowered, lax; bracts subulate or filiform, 1–3 mm long; bracteoles inserted just below calyx, linear, 3–4 mm long, ascending and sometimes curved. Calyx 8–10 mm long, sparsely puberulous; lobes narrowly attenuate-triangular, more than twice as long as the tube. Standard subcircular, yellow or orange, marked darker, usually puberulous along midvein outside; keel 9–12 mm long, shorter than wings, strongly rounded about the middle with a short slightly incurved beak, woolly towards base of upper margin. Pod oblong-clavate, 3–4 cm long, shortly stipitate, thinly spreading pubescent.
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Derivation of specific name:	goodiiformis: shaped like a Goodia, another non-african genus in Fabaceae
Habitat:	In shade in sand forest, dense woodland and along streamsides.
Altitude range:	0 - 500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Eastern DRC, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS,GI
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Content last updated:	Thursday 11 January 2018
Literature:	Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 97.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria goodiiformis
African Plant Database: Crotalaria goodiiformis
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