Crotalaria florida
Welw. ex Baker
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Description
A herb or small shrub. It keeps growing from year to year. It has several stems coming from a woody rootstock. It grows up to 1.2 m tall. There are several short flowering branches. The branches are ribbed and they have hairs. The leaves mostly have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are 5-22 mm long by 2-10 mm wide. There are 6-10 flowers in a group. The fruit are pods 6-8 mm long by 4-6 mm wide. They have 2 seeds. The seeds are 2 mm long.
Edible Uses
The leaves are cooked with potash and peanuts are added.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are cooked with potash and peanuts are added.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in woodland. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Angola, Central Africa, Congo, East Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia,
Other Information
It is occasionally harvested.
Synonyms
References (4)
- Abukutsa-Onyango, M.O., 2004. Crotalaria brevidens Benth. [Internet] Record from Protabase. Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa), Wageningen, Netherlands. < http://database.prota.org/search.htm>. Accessed 15 October 2009.
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 230
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 28th April 2011]
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
