Crotalaria mocubensis Polhill

First published in Crotalaria Africa & Madagascar: 282 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Mozambique. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Annual, erect at first, then spreading, 0.4–1.5 m tall; branches appressed puberulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 2–4.5 × 0.6–3 cm, usually elliptic, sometimes oblong-elliptic, appressed puberulous beneath; petiole 1.5–4 cm long; stipules 1–4 mm long, linear-subulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes (5)10–25(35) cm long, ± laxly 16–40-flowered; buds ascending; bracts 1–3(3.5) mm long, linear-subulate; bracteoles on the calyx, 0.5–1 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 4–5 mm long, appressed puberulous; lobes narrowly attenuate-triangular, 1.5–2 times as long as the tube, not conspicuously lanate along the lobe margins inside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard broadly elliptic, bright yellow, finely reddish lined, pubescent outside; wings only slightly broadened distally, nearly as long as the keel; keel 8–10 mm long, angular with a narrow twisted beak.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod very shortly stipitate, 9–11(12) × 5–6 mm, ellipsoid to slightly oblong-obovoid, puberulous, 6–8(10)-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 3 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth, brown.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone ; woodland., Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0