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Leguminosae
Chamaecrista Moench
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Herbs. Leaves paripinnate, often with ± cup-shaped sessile or stalked glands on petiole and/or rhachis. Flowers in 1-many-flowered racemes; pedicels with 2 bracteoles near or above the middle. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow. Stamens (4-5)10, all straight or nearly so. Anthers basifixed, longer than their short filaments. Pods flattened, elastically dehiscent, with twisting valves.
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Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea.[2] Several species are capable of rapid plant movement.
Selected species[edit]
- Chamaecrista absus
- Chamaecrista bucherae (Mold.) Irwin & Barneby (Cuba)
- Chamaecrista fasciculata Michx. – Showy Partridge Pea
- Chamaecrista glandulosa (L.) Greene – Jamaican Broom
- Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench
- Chamaecrista rotundifolia
References[edit]
- ^ International Legume Database & Information Service search for Chamaecrista as of April 4, 2010
- ^ "Chamaecrista". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
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Annual or short-lived perennial herb, sometimes prostrate but more commonly growing as an erect subshrub up to 1.2m.
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
Widespread in the tropics of Asia and Africa and S Africa
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Global Distribution
Paleotropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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