Chamaecrista hildebrandtii
(Vatke) Lack
Fabaceae Edible: Leaves
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Meise Botanic Garden
Description
A herb. It has a woody rootstock. The stems can be lying along the ground. The leaves are 2-6 cm long. They have leaflets. There are 4-14 pairs. There are 1-4 flowers in a group. They are yellow.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Synonyms
Cassia hildebrandtii L.
References (2)
- East African Herbarium records, 1981,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 122
