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Chamaecrista paralias (Brenan) Lock

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves paripinnate, 2.5–5.5 × 0.6–0.8 cm; stipules c.30 × 10 mm, narrowly ovate-triangular, apex acuminate, base rounded to subcordate, asymmetric, surfaces glabrous but appressed pubescent towards the apex, almost black above the base; petiolar gland single, dark, 0.2–0.4 mm in diameter, sessile, circular, shallowly cup-shaped; rachis crenate-crested, sparsely appressed-pubescent; leaflets in (20)30–58 pairs, 3.3–3.8 × 0.7–0.9 mm, narrowly oblong, asymmetrical, proximal side of base rounded, distal narrowly cuneate, apex rounded, often mucronate, margins ascending-ciliate, surfaces sparsely appressed-pubescent; midrib c.0.2 mm from distal margin, lateral nerves obscure.
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Ovary densely and shortly appressed-pubescent; style c.3 mm long, with scattered appressed hairs; stigma terminal, fringed with hairs.
Stems perennial, terete with slight pale ridges decurrent from the stipule bases, appressed pubescent.
Flowers large; sepals acuminate, appressed-pubescent outside; petals yellow, 11–12 × 6.5–8 mm.
Inflorescences axillary, 1–2-flowered; pedicels 1–2 cm long in flower, longer in fruit.
Perennial erect woody herb or shrublet from a woody rootstock.
Seeds dull brown with black dots, 3 × 1.8 mm, oblong.
Pods 3.5–5 × 0.5 cm, sparsely appressed-pubescent.
Stamens 10; three larger than the rest.
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Distribution

Chamaecrista paralias world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Conservation status

Chamaecrista paralias threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945413-1
WFO ID wfo-0000184140
COL ID 69Q66
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Synonyms

Chamaecrista paralias Cassia paralias
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