Crotalaria aculeata De Wild.
subsp. aculeata

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Crotalaria aculeata subsp. aculeata

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr., Central Province

Crotalaria aculeata subsp. aculeata

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr., Central Province

Crotalaria aculeata subsp. aculeata

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr., Central Province

Crotalaria aculeata subsp. aculeata

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr., Central Province

Crotalaria aculeata subsp. aculeata

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr., Central Province

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Synonyms: Crotalaria spinosa subsp. aculeata (De Wild.) Baker f.
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Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Erect spiny short-lived perennial up to 1.5 m tall; branches pubescent; leaves clustered on short shoots, 3-foliolate; leaflets 0.5-2.5 x 0.2-1.2 cm, oblanceolate, truncate or emarginate, pubescent beneath, petioles up to 2.5 cm long; stipules 1-2 mm long, linear-subulate, recurved; flowers mostly solitary on spine tipped axes from short shoots all along the branches; bracts c. 1 mm, linear; calyx 3-5 mm long, lobes triangular, 1-2 times as long as tube; standard elliptic, yellow lined and later flushed reddish, densely pubescent on outside; wings as long as keel; keel 0.8-1.2 cm long, angular with a long narrow twisted beak; pod subsessile, 1-2.3 x 0.5-0.9 cm, oblong-obovoid to cylindrical, c. 10-28 seeded; seeds 2-2.5 mm long, obliquely cordiform, smooth, brown. Subsp. aculeata differs from subsp. claessensii with pods 1-1.5 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm in dorsiventral diameter, 1.5-2.5 times as long as broad, oblong-obovoid to shortly oblong-clavate, distinctly broadened distally.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: aculeata: prickly, spiny
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Flowering time:Apr - Sep
Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania south through Malawi and Zambia as well as Madagascar.
Malawi distribution: N
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Literature:

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 186.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria aculeata
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria aculeata
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria aculeata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria aculeata
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Crotalaria aculeata subsp. aculeata.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=197510, retrieved 29 March 2024

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