Chamaecrista polytricha (Brenan) Lock

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves paripinnate, 3.8–6 × 0.8–1.5 cm; stipules 12–16 × 1.4–1.8 mm, very narrowly triangular, apex long-acuminate, base asymmetrically rounded to subcordate, margins and outer surface hairy; petiolar gland single, 0.4–0.6 mm in diameter, circular, sessile, sometime with the margins turned down so that the gland appears saddle-shaped; rachis weakly crenate, usually ciliate on the ridge margins, hairy beneath; leaflets in 32–60 pairs, 4.5–7.5 × 0.8–1.4 mm, narrowly oblong, weakly asymmetric, base asymmetric, proximal side rounded, distal side rounded-cuneate, apex acute, scattered-hairy mainly on the margins; midrib excentric; 4–5 lateral nerves from base on proximal side, 0–1 on distal side.
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Inflorescences supra-axillary, 1–3-flowered; pedicels 1.2–2.4 cm long in flower, elongating slightly in fruit, spreading hairy.
Ovary 4–6 mm long, densely appressed-pubescent; style 4–6 mm long, almost glabrous; stigma terminal.
Sepals 6.2–10.5 × 1.4–3.8 mm, narrowly ovate, acuminate, spreading hairy outside.
Petals yellow, 6.3–12.2 × 4–8 mm, broadly obovate to elliptic.
Seeds mid-brown, shiny, 2.5–3 × 1.3–1.5 mm, oblong-rhomboid.
Stems terete, hairy; hairs mostly straight and spreading.
Pods 4.5–5 × 0.4–0.5 cm, sparsely hairy.
Stamens 10, four longer than the rest.
Annual or perennial herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Chamaecrista polytricha world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945415-1
WFO ID wfo-0000184143
COL ID TJFC
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Synonyms

Cassia polytricha Chamaecrista polytricha

Lower taxons

Chamaecrista polytricha var. pulchella Chamaecrista polytricha var. pauciflora Chamaecrista polytricha var. polytricha