Crotalaria flavicarinata Baker f.

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C8 about 82 km West of Katima Mulilo

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual or short-lived shrub, 0.6‒2m tall; branches somewhat angular, ribbed, shortly hairy, glabrescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets elliptic to oblong-obovate, shortly and often sparsely hairy at least beneath. Racemes lax, 8‒30-flowered; bracts 1‒2 mm long, linear. Pods subsessile (12)16‒22 × 7‒8 mm, puberulous, ultimately glabrescent, up to 10‒16-seeded.
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Derivation of specific name:	flavicarinata: with a yellow keel
Habitat:	Woodland on Kalahari Sand; sandy river banks.
Flowering time:	Dec - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 7 March 2018
Literature:	Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 217. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 386. (Includes a picture). 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 154 - 155. Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 154 - 155. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 63. 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 211.

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