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Crotalaria capensis

Flowers. Photo copyright Geoff Nichols
Common names: Cape rattle-pod, Cape laburnum (Eng.); Kaapse klapperpeul (Afr.); bukheshezane (Zulu)
Family: Fabaceae

... NBG Cherise Viljoen Kirstenbosch NBG March 2007 Crotalaria capensis is an evergreen, quick-growing, ... other plants to also settle themselves. Other species of Crotalaria are used as cover crops and in re-vegetation ... Browsed by buck and livestock, it is often used as fodder. Crotalaria Crotalaria capensis can be lovely used as a ...

05 / 03 / 2007 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Crotalaria magaliesbergensis

Crotalaria magaliesbergensis
Common names: Magaliesberg rattlepod (Eng.); magaliesberg jaagsiektebossie (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... seem hairless to the naked eye. Figure 2 . Two plants of Crotalaria magaliesbergensis in habitat. Figure 3 . Base of a plant of Crotalaria magaliesbergensis showing the woody rootstock. The ... with the leaflets obovate. Figure 4 . Branch of Crotalaria magaliesbergensis showing leaves consisting of 3 ...

10 / 12 / 2018 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Crotalaria natalitia var. natalitia

Crotalaria natalitia var. natalitia flowers
Common names: pioneer rattlepod (Eng.); usi, uvelabahleke (isiZulu)
Family: Fabaceae

... NBG Sifiso Mnxati KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium August 2012 Crotalaria natalitia var. natalitia is a large, perennial, ... about 50 mm long. Fruiting time is from May to September. Crotalaria is a genus of about 600 species; widespread in the ... southern Africa of which 54 are confined to South Africa. Crotalaria natalitia var. natalitia is restricted to plateau ...

06 / 08 / 2012 | Sifiso Mnxati | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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