Chamaecrista parva (Steyaert) Lock

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Chamaecrista

Characteristics

Leaves paripinnate, 5–8.6 × 0.9–1.3 cm; stipules 6.5–11.5 × 1.5–2.2 mm, narrowly triangular, apex acuminate, base rounded, asymmetric, surfaces glabrous, margins ciliate; petiolar gland single, towards the apex, 0.9–2 × 0.4–1 mm, elliptic, saucer-shaped; occasionally a second, smaller gland nearer the petiole base; rachis channelled, the channel margins ciliate; leaflets in (16)20–24(31) pairs, 5.5–11.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, narrowly oblong, curved, asymmetric, base asymmetric, proximal side rounded-auriculate, distal margin narrowly cuneate, apex acuminate-mucronate, margins ciliate, cilia ascending, surfaces glabrous to sparsely pubescent; midrib 0.5–0.8 mm from distal margin; 1–2 nerves from base on proximal side of midrib, 3–5 on distal side.
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Inflorescences axillary to supra-axillary, usually 2–3-flowered; pedicels 0.8–2.5 cm long in flower, similar in fruit, spreading-hairy.
Stems generally annual, terete, pubescent with appressed curved hairs, with or without longer spreading hairs.
Pods 4–5.7 × 0.4–0.5 cm, sparsely hairy; mature pods and seeds not seen.
Sepals 7.5–9 × 3.2–4.8 mm, elliptic, acuminate, spreading-hairy outside.
Perennial erect or ascending suffruticose herb from a woody rootstock.
Ovary appressed white-hairy; stigma terminal, fringed with hairs.
Petals yellow, 10–13 × 6.5–9 mm, broadly obovate.
Stamens 10, 4 longer than the rest.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Chamaecrista parva world distribution map, present in Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945414-1
WFO ID wfo-0000184141
COL ID 5XQ5V
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Synonyms

Cassia parva Chamaecrista parva