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Crotalaria leptocarpa Balf. f. | |
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| Description Prostrate perennial herb; stems very slender, appressed puberulous to subglabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets linear-lanceolate to obovate, 12-35 mm long, 1-9 mm wide, glabrous above, appressed puberulous or subglabrous with a few hairs along the midvein beneath; stipules subulate-caudate. Racemes very lax, with ± 3-12 flowers on the filiform rhachis; standard yellow with crimson veins. Pod subsessile, laterally much flattened, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-falcate or shortly elliptic-oblong in outline, up to 13-22 mm long, 5-7 mm wide, membranous, appressed puberulous, ± 10-12-seeded. |
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Habitat Semi-arid grassland and open places in deciduous bushland. Altitude range 390-1350 m. Distribution Kenya; also Somalia and tropical Saudi Arabia. Use Not grazed by livestock. |
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