Chamaecrista stricta E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Chamaecrista

Characteristics

Annual herb with erect stem, simple or subsimple when young, arching outward with age and producing arcuate-spreading branches to form a frond-like mature plant, woody or sub-woody below, but never known to perennate. Roots annual, rootstock wanting. Stems sub-glabrous to velutinous with curved hairs, with, or without, long straight, patent hairs intermixed. Leaves linear to linear-oblong, parallel-sided but tapering slightly distally, (30-)40-70(-80) mm long, 8-15 mm wide; stipules straight, ovate-lanceolate prominently nerved, base oblique, apex acuminate; surfaces glabrous, margin with sparse, short hairs; petiolar gland sessile, never sunken, broadly elliptic to oblong, concave above (dish-shaped), dark brown when dry, bright reddish brown with a darker centre in life, 0.5-1.2 mm long, 0.4-0.8 mm wide, rhachis channelled adaxially, not crested, margins of the channel ciliate, strigose abaxially; leaflets sessile, in (15-)20-37 pairs, linear-oblong, 4-10 mm long, 0.9-2.3 mm wide, base oblique, apex acuminate to mucronate, glabrous except for sparse short hairs marginally and abaxially, midrib excentric, lateral nerves several towards both margins, prominulous beneath. Inflorescences supra-axillary, (1-)3(-4)-flowered, bracts prominently nerved, acuminate; pedicels, at flowering 7-10 mm, at fruiting-15 mm long, sparsely to densely velutinous with curled hairs with few, or many, long straight, patent hairs intermixed. Petals obovate, 5.5-7.5 mm long, usually not exceeding sepals, pale yellow. Stamens 8, staminodes 2 or 1 or 0, filiform often difficult to detect. Ovaries densely strigose, hairs almost straight, more or less appressed, greyish-white. Pods 30-60 mm long, 4-5.5 mm wide, valves greyish-white strigose. Seeds rhombic, 3-4 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, testa shining brown with lines of darker dots.
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Annual or perhaps short-lived perennial herb or softly woody shrublet. Stems terete, pubescent with crisped hairs. Leaves paripinnate, 3.5-10 x 1-2 cm; stipules 5.5-8.5 x 1.2-2 mm, narrowly triangular, apex long-acuminate, base asymmetrically auriculate, glabrous; petiolar gland single, 0.7-1.1 mm in diameter, circular, sessile, just below the first leaflet pair; rachis weakly channelled above, sparsely ciliate on the channel margins and crisped pubescent beneath; leaflets in 25-36 pairs, 7.3-10.2 x 1.4-2.3 mm, narrowly oblong, almost straight, asymmetric, base asymmetric, proximal side rounded, distal side rounded-cuneate, apex mucronate, margins shortly ciliate or glabrous, usually glabrous on both surfaces; midrib excentric; 4-5 lateral nerves from base on proximal side, 1-2 on distal side. Inflorescences markedly supra-axillary, 2-3-flowered; pedicels 6-7 mm long in flower, 1.2-1.3 cm long in fruit, pubescent with both crisped and spreading hairs. Sepals 6.5-7.2 x 1.2 mm, narrowly ovate, acuminate, pubescent with crisped hairs outside. Petals yellow, 6-8 x 6-8 mm, broadly obovate to suborbicular. Stamens (7)8-9, with 3-4 longer than the rest; a small staminode sometimes present. Ovary 3.2-4 mm long, densely appressed-pubescent, distally glabrous; stigma terminal, ciliate-margined. Pods 5-6.3 x 0.3-0.5 cm, sparsely appressed-pubescent. Seeds pale yellow-brown with faint darker spots, 2.5-3.2 x 1.6-2 mm, rhomboid, flattened.
Leaves paripinnate, 3.5–10 × 1–2 cm; stipules 5.5–8.5 × 1.2–2 mm, narrowly triangular, apex long-acuminate, base asymmetrically auriculate, glabrous; petiolar gland single, 0.7–1.1 mm in diameter, circular, sessile, just below the first leaflet pair; rachis weakly channelled above, sparsely ciliate on the channel margins and crisped pubescent beneath; leaflets in 25–36 pairs, 7.3–10.2 × 1.4–2.3 mm, narrowly oblong, almost straight, asymmetric, base asymmetric, proximal side rounded, distal side rounded-cuneate, apex mucronate, margins shortly ciliate or glabrous, usually glabrous on both surfaces; midrib excentric; 4–5 lateral nerves from base on proximal side, 1–2 on distal side.
Annual herb, producing arcuate-spreading branches to form a frond-like mature plant, subwoody below, 0.1-1.0 m high. Leaves: petiolar gland sessile, never sunken, widely elliptic to oblong, concave above, reddish brown with a darker centre and dark brown when dry. Leaflets sessile in (15-)20-37 pairs, linear oblong, base oblique, apex acuminate to mucronate. Inflorescences (1-)3(4)-flowered racemes. Petals usually not exceeding sepals, pale yellow. Stamens 8 with up to 2 staminodes may be present. Pod valves are greyish white-strigose. Seeds testa shiny.
Annual herb, up to 0.9 m high. Stems erect, rootstock absent. Leaves with blade linear to linear-oblong, 40-70 x 8-15 mm, leaflets in 20-37 pairs, linear-oblong, 4-10 x 0.9-2.3 mm; petiolar gland sessile, projecting from petioles; rachis channelled adaxially with margins of channel ciliate. Flowers: inflorescences 1-4-flowered; petals pale yellow; Dec.-Mar. Pods 30-60 x 4.05.5 mm.
Inflorescences markedly supra-axillary, 2–3-flowered; pedicels 6–7 mm long in flower, 1.2–1.3 cm long in fruit, pubescent with both crisped and spreading hairs.
Erect, robust, closely leafy annual herb. Leaflets with main vein centrally placed; petiolar gland projecting from petiole. Flowers pale yellow.
Ovary 3.2–4 mm long, densely appressed-pubescent, distally glabrous; stigma terminal, ciliate-margined.
Seeds pale yellow-brown with faint darker spots, 2.5–3.2 × 1.6–2 mm, rhomboid, flattened.
Sepals 6.5–7.2 × 1.2 mm, narrowly ovate, acuminate, pubescent with crisped hairs outside.
Stamens (7)8–9, with 3–4 longer than the rest; a small staminode sometimes present.
Annual or perhaps short-lived perennial herb or softly woody shrublet.
Petals yellow, 6–8 × 6–8 mm, broadly obovate to suborbicular.
Pods 5–6.3 × 0.3–0.5 cm, sparsely appressed pubescent.
Stems terete, pubescent with crisped hairs.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.9
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Chamaecrista stricta world distribution map, present in Angola, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Malawi, Rwanda, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:485913-1
WFO ID wfo-0000164595
COL ID TJGW
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Cassia sparsa Cassia quarrei Cassia dimidiata Cassia stricta Cassia mimosoides var. filipendula Cassia mimosoides var. hygrophila Cassia kirkii var. quarrei Chamaecrista stricta