Crotalaria retusa L.

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Gabon

• Locality

  Gamba Complex : Rabi. Open area by big flare gas flame, Rabi oil well site 35.

• Elevation

  Alt. 20 - 100 m. (66 - 328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -1.9578, 9.8703

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

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Plants of Africa
Fabaceae
Crotalariaretusa L.
Det. Stephen F. Smith (US) 2002
Gabon: Gamba Complex : Rabi.
1° 57' 28" S x 9° 52' 13" E, Elevation: 20 to 100 m. Open area by big flare gas flame,
Rabi oil well site 35.
Herbl m. Spike, pedicels and calyx green; calyx often brownish red at tip of pedicel
beneath banner; inner banner yellow with some red lines rising from throat; back strongly
reddish through the yellow in a rounded M pattern with a circle atop the internal V, like a
back lighted spider; keel yellow; pods light green turning brown.
S. F. Smith 1915	07 Mar 2002
with D. A. Bell, H. Bourobou Bourobou, F. J. Mayombo, T. Nzabi	Acc. # 2080132
Funded by Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program, NZP
United States National Herbarium (US) Smithsonian Institution
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