Chamaecrista robynsiana (Ghesq.) Lock

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves paripinnate, 6–9 × 1.3–1.8 cm; stipules c.60 × 22 mm, narrowly ovate-triangular, apex acuminate, base rounded to subcordate, asymmetric, surfaces glabrous, margins ciliate with hairs bent near the base at right angles towards the stipule apex; petiolar gland single or occasionally 2 superposed, dark, 1 × 0.4 mm, elliptic, sessile or very shortly stalked, shallowly cup-shaped; rachis channelled, not crested; leaflets in (12)18–24 pairs, 8–14 × 2–4.5 mm, narrowly triangular-oblong, asymmetrical, base asymmetrically truncate, apex acuminate-mucronate, margins ciliate, cilia ascending, surfaces glabrous to sparsely appressed-pubescent; midrib 0.5–0.7 mm from distal margin, 1–2 lateral nerves from base on proximal side of midrib, 3–6 on distal side.
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Inflorescences axillary, usually 1–2-flowered but in robust plants each pedicel may bear two flowers so that the inflorescence becomes 4-flowered; pedicels 2.2–6 cm long in flower, longer in fruit.
Flowers large; sepals long-acuminate, appressed pubescent outside; petals yellow, up to 18 × 10 mm.
Stems generally annual, terete with slight pale ridges decurrent from the stipule bases, glabrous.
Ovary densely appressed-pubescent; stigma terminal, fringed with hairs.
Pods sparsely appressed-pubescent; mature pods and seeds not seen.
Perennial erect suffruticose herb from a slender woody rootstock.
Stamens 10.
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Growth form herb
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Distribution

Chamaecrista robynsiana world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Conservation status

Chamaecrista robynsiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945417-1
WFO ID wfo-0000184145
COL ID TJFY
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Synonyms

Cassia robynsiana Chamaecrista robynsiana Cassia kirkii var. microphylla